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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.