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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 BarbadosLuxembourgThailandPalestinian Territories
27343359,7482,996
27443860,1653,075
27544360,7463,155
27644861,3233,235
27845461,8843,315
27946062,4253,396
28046762,9563,478
28147463,4673,559
28248263,9373,642
28349164,3813,727
28550064,8043,817
28650965,2083,907
28752165,5993,997
28853365,9704,088
28954766,3324,178
29056066,6734,269
29157166,9754,359
29158667,2504,451
29259967,5064,533
29361067,7504,615
29462367,9754,715
29463368,1804,820
29564368,3664,930
29565168,4575,042

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.