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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	Libya	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	4,993	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	5,116	274
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	5,237	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	5,357	276
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	5,476	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	5,595	279
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	5,715	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	5,835	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	5,967	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	6,115	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	6,270	285
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	6,432	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	6,144	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	5,849	288
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	6,010	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	6,163	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	6,291	291
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	6,415	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	6,549	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	6,689	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	6,826	294
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	6,960	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	7,088	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	7,169	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

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