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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	Chad	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	7,559	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	7,821	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	8,092	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	8,395	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	8,763	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,191	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,594	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	9,967	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,338	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,728	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	11,139	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	11,550	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,983	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	12,427	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	12,895	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	13,379	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	13,823	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	14,277	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	14,765	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	15,252	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	15,750	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,257	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	16,776	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	17,307	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 Chad, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.