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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	59,748	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	60,165	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	60,746	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	61,323	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	61,884	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	62,425	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	62,956	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,467	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	63,937	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	64,381	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	64,804	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	65,208	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	65,599	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	65,970	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	66,332	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	66,673	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	66,975	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	67,250	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	67,506	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	67,750	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	67,975	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	68,180	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	68,366	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	68,457	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.