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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 BarbadosSt. LuciaAlbaniaThailand
2731523,08559,748
2741533,06560,165
2751543,04760,746
2761553,03861,323
2781563,02661,884
2791573,01462,425
2801572,99862,956
2811582,97963,467
2821592,95763,937
2831602,93464,381
2851602,91564,804
2861612,90065,208
2871622,89265,599
2881622,88865,970
2891632,88266,332
2901632,87666,673
2911642,86866,975
2911642,86367,250
2921652,86167,506
2931662,85467,750
2941662,84267,975
2941672,82568,180
2951672,79968,366
2951672,78768,457

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

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