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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Tanzania	Oman	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	2,348	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	2,403	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	2,457	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	2,510	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	2,562	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	2,613	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	2,663	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	2,713	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	2,764	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	2,816	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	2,871	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	2,928	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	2,986	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	3,047	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	3,110	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	3,174	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	3,240	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	3,307	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	3,375	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	3,444	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	3,512	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	3,582	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	3,651	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	3,696	68,457

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

No separate list is published for Barbados, Tanzania, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.