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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 BarbadosDominicaQatarThailand
2737062759,748
2747165960,165
2757169160,746
2767272461,323
2787275761,884
2797285062,425
280721,00162,956
281721,15363,467
282721,30663,937
283731,46064,381
285731,61564,804
286731,77065,208
287731,90465,599
288732,01065,970
289732,10366,332
290732,18766,673
291742,26166,975
291742,32667,250
292742,38467,506
293742,43567,750
294752,48067,975
294752,51968,180
295762,55368,366
295762,55968,457

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