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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 BarbadosDominicaMaltaThailand
2737038759,748
2747139060,165
2757139360,746
2767239661,323
2787239861,884
2797240162,425
2807240462,956
2817240563,467
2827240663,937
2837340964,381
2857341264,804
2867341465,208
2877341665,599
2887342065,970
2897342666,332
2907343566,673
2917444566,975
2917445567,250
2927446867,506
2937448567,750
2947550467,975
2947551668,180
2957651868,366
2957653068,457

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, Dominica, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.