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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 BarbadosCentral African RepublicThailandSt. Lucia
2733,88959,748152
2743,98060,165153
2754,05460,746154
2764,12861,323155
2784,21561,884156
2794,28962,425157
2804,36362,956157
2814,44963,467158
2824,54463,937159
2834,64164,381160
2854,74264,804160
2864,84565,208161
2874,95065,599162
2885,05765,970162
2895,16766,332163
2905,27866,673163
2915,39266,975164
2915,50767,250164
2925,62567,506165
2935,74567,750166
2945,87467,975166
2946,02568,180167
2956,15468,366167
2956,29168,457167

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, Central African Republic, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.