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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 BarbadosIcelandTrinidad & TobagoThailand
2732771,30159,748
2742811,30360,165
2752851,30860,746
2762881,31461,323
2782891,32061,884
2792931,32662,425
2802961,33262,956
2813041,33863,467
2823111,34463,937
2833191,35264,381
2853191,35964,804
2863181,36565,208
2873191,37265,599
2883211,37965,970
2893241,38666,332
2903271,39266,673
2913311,39966,975
2913351,40567,250
2923431,41167,506
2933531,43667,750
2943611,45267,975
2943661,44868,180
2953721,45068,366
2953801,45668,457

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.