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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosBurkina FasoAlbaniaThailand
27311,0753,08559,748
27411,4053,06560,165
27511,8283,04760,746
27612,3803,03861,323
27812,8293,02661,884
27913,1783,01462,425
28013,5402,99862,956
28113,9172,97963,467
28214,3092,95763,937
28314,7222,93464,381
28515,1522,91564,804
28615,6002,90065,208
28716,0642,89265,599
28816,5632,88865,970
28917,0722,88266,332
29017,5752,87666,673
29118,0942,86866,975
29118,6212,86367,250
29219,1572,86167,506
29319,6982,85467,750
29420,2422,84267,975
29420,7882,82568,180
29521,3362,79968,366
29521,8892,78768,457

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