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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	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	83,811	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.

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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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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