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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	Nigeria	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	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.

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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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.