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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 BarbadosLuxembourgThailandYemen
27343359,74816,728
27443860,16517,236
27544360,74617,762
27644861,32318,310
27845461,88418,855
27946062,42519,410
28046762,95620,000
28147463,46720,611
28248263,93721,236
28349164,38121,878
28550064,80422,533
28650965,20823,195
28752165,59923,880
28853365,97024,594
28954766,33225,311
29056066,67326,020
29157166,97526,698
29158667,25027,347
29259967,50627,985
29361067,75028,608
29462367,97529,216
29463368,18029,811
29564368,36630,399
29565168,45731,058

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