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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	Oman	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,696	68,457	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

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