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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	Thailand	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	59,748	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	60,165	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	60,746	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	61,323	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	61,884	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	62,425	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	62,956	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,467	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	63,937	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	64,381	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	64,804	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	65,208	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	65,599	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	65,970	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	66,332	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	66,673	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	66,975	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	67,250	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	67,506	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	67,750	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	67,975	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	68,180	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	68,366	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	68,457	174,217

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.