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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 BarbadosLuxembourgThailandAlbania
27343359,7483,085
27443860,1653,065
27544360,7463,047
27644861,3233,038
27845461,8843,026
27946062,4253,014
28046762,9562,998
28147463,4672,979
28248263,9372,957
28349164,3812,934
28550064,8042,915
28650965,2082,900
28752165,5992,892
28853365,9702,888
28954766,3322,882
29056066,6732,876
29157166,9752,868
29158667,2502,863
29259967,5062,861
29361067,7502,854
29462367,9752,842
29463368,1802,825
29564368,3662,799
29565168,4572,787

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