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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 BarbadosDominicaThailandSt. Lucia
2737059,748152
2747160,165153
2757160,746154
2767261,323155
2787261,884156
2797262,425157
2807262,956157
2817263,467158
2827263,937159
2837364,381160
2857364,804160
2867365,208161
2877365,599162
2887365,970162
2897366,332163
2907366,673163
2917466,975164
2917467,250164
2927467,506165
2937467,750166
2947567,975166
2947568,180167
2957668,366167
2957668,457167

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