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