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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	Thailand	Qatar	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	627	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	659	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	691	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	724	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	757	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	850	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	1,001	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	1,153	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	1,306	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	1,460	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	1,615	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	1,770	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	1,904	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	2,010	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	2,103	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	2,187	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	2,261	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	2,326	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	2,384	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	2,435	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	2,480	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	2,519	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	2,553	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	2,559	295

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 Qatar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.