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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	Bangladesh	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.