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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	Zambia	Laos	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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