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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 BarbadosMaltaQatarThailand
27338762759,748
27439065960,165
27539369160,746
27639672461,323
27839875761,884
27940185062,425
2804041,00162,956
2814051,15363,467
2824061,30663,937
2834091,46064,381
2854121,61564,804
2864141,77065,208
2874161,90465,599
2884202,01065,970
2894262,10366,332
2904352,18766,673
2914452,26166,975
2914552,32667,250
2924682,38467,506
2934852,43567,750
2945042,48067,975
2945162,51968,180
2955182,55368,366
2955302,55968,457

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