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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 BarbadosMaltaLuxembourgThailand
27338743359,748
27439043860,165
27539344360,746
27639644861,323
27839845461,884
27940146062,425
28040446762,956
28140547463,467
28240648263,937
28340949164,381
28541250064,804
28641450965,208
28741652165,599
28842053365,970
28942654766,332
29043556066,673
29144557166,975
29145558667,250
29246859967,506
29348561067,750
29450462367,975
29451663368,180
29551864368,366
29553065168,457

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