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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	Barbados	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	273	627
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	274	659
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	275	691
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	276	724
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	278	757
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	279	850
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	280	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	281	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	282	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	283	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	285	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	286	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	287	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	288	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	289	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	290	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	291	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	291	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	292	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	293	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	294	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	294	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	295	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	295	2,559

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

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.