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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 BarbadosLaosThailandLuxembourg
2735,28659,748433
2745,39760,165438
2755,49960,746443
2765,57861,323448
2785,65461,884454
2795,74662,425460
2805,83662,956467
2815,93163,467474
2826,03563,937482
2836,14564,381491
2856,25764,804500
2866,36865,208509
2876,47765,599521
2886,58665,970533
2896,69566,332547
2906,80466,673560
2916,91266,975571
2917,01967,250586
2927,12767,506599
2937,23467,750610
2947,34367,975623
2947,45268,180633
2957,56068,366643
2957,66668,457651

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, Laos, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.