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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	Burkina Faso	Italy	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	11,075	56,940	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	11,405	56,966	274
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	11,828	57,004	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	12,380	57,114	276
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	12,829	57,423	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	13,178	57,852	279
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	13,540	58,191	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	13,917	58,424	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	14,309	58,781	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	14,722	59,236	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	15,152	59,580	285
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	15,600	59,844	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	16,064	60,052	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	16,563	60,216	288
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	17,072	60,337	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	17,575	60,346	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	18,094	60,255	291
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	18,621	60,140	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	19,157	60,027	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	19,698	59,902	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	20,242	59,754	294
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	20,788	59,464	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	21,336	59,158	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	21,889	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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