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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	Nepal	Barbados	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	273	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	274	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	275	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	276	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	278	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	279	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	280	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	281	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	282	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	283	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	285	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	286	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	287	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	288	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	289	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	290	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	291	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	291	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	292	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	293	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	294	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	294	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	295	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	295	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 Nepal, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.