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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	Uzbekistan	Burkina Faso	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	24,701	11,075	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	25,042	11,405	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	25,372	11,828	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,696	12,380	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,992	12,829	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	26,268	13,178	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,540	13,540	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,812	13,917	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,081	14,309	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,347	14,722	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,609	15,152	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,869	15,600	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,132	16,064	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,398	16,563	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	28,666	17,072	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,934	17,575	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,205	18,094	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,480	18,621	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,756	19,157	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	30,031	19,698	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,305	20,242	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,576	20,788	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,843	21,336	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,337	21,889	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, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.