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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 BarbadosDominicaThailandUganda
2737059,74823,408
2747160,16524,195
2757160,74624,992
2767261,32325,846
2787261,88426,661
2797262,42527,414
2807262,95628,200
2817263,46729,021
2827263,93729,846
2837364,38130,647
2857364,80431,469
2867365,20832,343
2877365,59933,257
2887365,97034,234
2897366,33235,271
2907366,67336,419
2917466,97537,673
2917467,25039,157
2927467,50640,879
2937467,75042,329
2947567,97543,639
2947568,18045,120
2957668,36646,645
2957668,45748,065

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

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.