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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	Tunisia	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	68,457	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 Tunisia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.