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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	Sudan	Thailand	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	59,748	152
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	60,165	153
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	60,746	154
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	61,323	155
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	61,884	156
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	62,425	157
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	62,956	157
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	63,467	158
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	63,937	159
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	64,381	160
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	64,804	160
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	65,208	161
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	65,599	162
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	65,970	162
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	66,332	163
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	66,673	163
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	66,975	164
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	67,250	164
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	67,506	165
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	67,750	166
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	67,975	166
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	68,180	167
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	68,366	167
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	68,457	167

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 Sudan, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.