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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	Thailand	United Arab Emirates	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	3,101	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	3,284	274
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	3,458	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	3,613	276
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	3,754	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	3,882	279
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	4,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	4,532	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	5,623	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	7,277	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	8,164	285
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	8,152	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	8,438	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	8,747	288
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	9,077	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	9,321	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	9,461	291
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	9,587	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	9,699	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	9,796	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	9,879	294
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	9,953	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	10,018	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	10,099	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 United Arab Emirates, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.