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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	59,748	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	60,165	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	60,746	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	61,323	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	61,884	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	62,425	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	62,956	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,467	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	63,937	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	64,381	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	64,804	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	65,208	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	65,599	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	65,970	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	66,332	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	66,673	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	66,975	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	67,250	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	67,506	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	67,750	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	67,975	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	68,180	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	68,366	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	68,457	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.