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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. LuciaThailandEstonia
27315259,7481,378
27415360,1651,400
27515460,7461,391
27615561,3231,382
27815661,8841,374
27915762,4251,365
28015762,9561,357
28115863,4671,349
28215963,9371,341
28316064,3811,337
28516064,8041,334
28616165,2081,332
28716265,5991,328
28816265,9701,324
28916366,3321,319
29016366,6731,314
29116466,9751,312
29116467,2501,314
29216567,5061,314
29316667,7501,318
29416667,9751,323
29416768,1801,327
29516768,3661,329
29516768,4571,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.