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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	Thailand	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	59,748	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	60,165	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	60,746	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	61,323	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	61,884	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	62,425	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	62,956	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,467	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	63,937	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	64,381	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	64,804	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	65,208	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	65,599	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	65,970	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	66,332	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	66,673	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	66,975	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	67,250	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	67,506	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	67,750	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	67,975	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	68,180	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	68,366	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	68,457	21,889	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.