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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	Palestinian Territories	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	2,996	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	3,075	274
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	3,155	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	3,235	276
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	3,315	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	3,396	279
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	3,478	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	3,559	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	3,642	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	3,727	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	3,817	285
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	3,907	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	3,997	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	4,088	288
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	4,178	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	4,269	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	4,359	291
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	4,451	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	4,533	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	4,615	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	4,715	294
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	4,820	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	4,930	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	5,042	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

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