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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 RepublicThailandLuxembourg
2733,88959,748433
2743,98060,165438
2754,05460,746443
2764,12861,323448
2784,21561,884454
2794,28962,425460
2804,36362,956467
2814,44963,467474
2824,54463,937482
2834,64164,381491
2854,74264,804500
2864,84565,208509
2874,95065,599521
2885,05765,970533
2895,16766,332547
2905,27866,673560
2915,39266,975571
2915,50767,250586
2925,62567,506599
2935,74567,750610
2945,87467,975623
2946,02568,180633
2956,15468,366643
2956,29168,457651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.