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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	Luxembourg	Barbados	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	433	273	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	438	274	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	443	275	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	448	276	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	454	278	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	460	279	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	467	280	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	474	281	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	482	282	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	491	283	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	500	285	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	521	287	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	533	288	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	547	289	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	560	290	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	571	291	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	586	291	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	599	292	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	610	293	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	623	294	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	633	294	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	643	295	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	651	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.

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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

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