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