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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,244	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	4,199	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,154	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,108	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,059	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,013	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,966	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,919	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,873	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,829	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,788	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,748	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,709	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,671	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,633	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,595	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,558	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,522	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,485	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,448	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,412	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,376	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,339	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,570	68,457	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.