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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	Burkina Faso	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	2,348	11,075	78
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	2,403	11,405	79
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	2,457	11,828	80
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	2,510	12,380	81
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	2,562	12,829	82
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	2,613	13,178	83
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	2,663	13,540	84
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	2,713	13,917	85
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	2,764	14,309	86
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	2,816	14,722	87
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	2,871	15,152	87
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	2,928	15,600	88
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	2,986	16,064	89
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	3,047	16,563	90
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	3,110	17,072	91
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	3,174	17,575	92
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	3,240	18,094	92
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	3,307	18,621	93
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	3,375	19,157	94
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	3,444	19,698	95
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	3,512	20,242	96
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	3,582	20,788	97
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	3,651	21,336	98
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	3,696	21,889	98

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, Burkina Faso, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.