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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	Uganda	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	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.

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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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.