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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	68,457	530

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