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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 BarbadosDominicaUgandaThailand
2737023,40859,748
2747124,19560,165
2757124,99260,746
2767225,84661,323
2787226,66161,884
2797227,41462,425
2807228,20062,956
2817229,02163,467
2827229,84663,937
2837330,64764,381
2857331,46964,804
2867332,34365,208
2877333,25765,599
2887334,23465,970
2897335,27166,332
2907336,41966,673
2917437,67366,975
2917439,15767,250
2927440,87967,506
2937442,32967,750
2947543,63967,975
2947545,12068,180
2957646,64568,366
2957648,06568,457

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

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.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.