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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	Sudan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	26,168	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	26,771	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	27,387	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	28,017	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	28,662	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	29,321	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	29,996	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	30,686	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	31,393	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	32,137	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	33,078	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	33,891	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	34,568	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	35,293	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	36,093	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	37,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	38,165	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	39,294	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	40,512	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	41,764	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	42,952	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	44,121	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	45,290	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	46,498	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 Sudan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.