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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	Oman	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	11,075	2,348	152
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	11,405	2,403	153
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	11,828	2,457	154
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	12,380	2,510	155
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	12,829	2,562	156
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	13,178	2,613	157
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	13,540	2,663	157
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	13,917	2,713	158
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	14,309	2,764	159
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	14,722	2,816	160
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	15,152	2,871	160
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	15,600	2,928	161
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	16,064	2,986	162
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	16,563	3,047	162
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	17,072	3,110	163
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	17,575	3,174	163
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	18,094	3,240	164
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	18,621	3,307	164
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	19,157	3,375	165
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	19,698	3,444	166
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	20,242	3,512	166
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	20,788	3,582	167
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	21,336	3,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	21,889	3,696	167

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 Burkina Faso, Oman, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.