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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 BarbadosMaltaPalestinian TerritoriesThailand
2733872,99659,748
2743903,07560,165
2753933,15560,746
2763963,23561,323
2783983,31561,884
2794013,39662,425
2804043,47862,956
2814053,55963,467
2824063,64263,937
2834093,72764,381
2854123,81764,804
2864143,90765,208
2874163,99765,599
2884204,08865,970
2894264,17866,332
2904354,26966,673
2914454,35966,975
2914554,45167,250
2924684,53367,506
2934854,61567,750
2945044,71567,975
2945164,82068,180
2955184,93068,366
2955305,04268,457

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.