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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	Malta	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	11,075	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	11,405	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	11,828	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	12,380	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	12,829	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	13,178	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	13,540	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	13,917	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	14,309	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	14,722	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	15,152	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	15,600	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	16,064	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	16,563	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	17,072	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	17,575	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	18,094	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	18,621	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	19,157	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	19,698	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	20,242	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	20,788	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	21,336	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	21,889	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

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.