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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	Iceland	Barbados	Laos	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	5,286	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	5,397	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	5,499	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	5,578	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	5,654	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	5,746	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	5,836	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	5,931	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	6,035	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	6,145	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	6,257	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	6,368	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	6,477	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	6,586	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	6,695	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	6,804	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	6,912	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	7,019	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	7,127	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	7,234	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	7,343	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	7,452	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	7,560	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	7,666	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.