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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	Dominica	Oman	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,348	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,403	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,457	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,510	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,562	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	2,613	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,663	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,713	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,764	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,816	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,871	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,928	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,986	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,047	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,110	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,174	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,240	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,307	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,375	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,444	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,512	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,582	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,651	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,696	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 Dominica, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.