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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 BarbadosLuxembourgThailandDenmark
27343359,7485,322
27443860,1655,339
27544360,7465,358
27644861,3235,377
27845461,8845,391
27946062,4255,404
28046762,9565,420
28147463,4675,438
28248263,9375,461
28349164,3815,494
28550064,8045,524
28650965,2085,548
28752165,5995,571
28853365,9705,592
28954766,3325,614
29056066,6735,644
29157166,9755,683
29158667,2505,730
29259967,5065,766
29361067,7505,795
29462367,9755,818
29463368,1805,831
29564368,3665,855
29565168,4575,907

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