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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 BarbadosLuxembourgPalestinian TerritoriesThailand
2734332,99659,748
2744383,07560,165
2754433,15560,746
2764483,23561,323
2784543,31561,884
2794603,39662,425
2804673,47862,956
2814743,55963,467
2824823,64263,937
2834913,72764,381
2855003,81764,804
2865093,90765,208
2875213,99765,599
2885334,08865,970
2895474,17866,332
2905604,26966,673
2915714,35966,975
2915864,45167,250
2925994,53367,506
2936104,61567,750
2946234,71567,975
2946334,82068,180
2956434,93068,366
2956515,04268,457

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