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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	Oman	Barbados	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	2,348	273	627
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	2,403	274	659
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	2,457	275	691
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	2,510	276	724
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	2,562	278	757
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	2,613	279	850
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	2,663	280	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	2,713	281	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	2,764	282	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	2,816	283	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	2,871	285	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	2,928	286	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	2,986	287	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	3,047	288	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	3,110	289	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	3,174	290	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	3,240	291	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	3,307	291	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	3,375	292	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	3,444	293	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	3,512	294	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	3,582	294	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	3,651	295	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	3,696	295	2,559

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 Oman, Barbados, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.