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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 BarbadosMaltaThailandEstonia
27338759,7481,378
27439060,1651,400
27539360,7461,391
27639661,3231,382
27839861,8841,374
27940162,4251,365
28040462,9561,357
28140563,4671,349
28240663,9371,341
28340964,3811,337
28541264,8041,334
28641465,2081,332
28741665,5991,328
28842065,9701,324
28942666,3321,319
29043566,6731,314
29144566,9751,312
29145567,2501,314
29246867,5061,314
29348567,7501,318
29450467,9751,323
29451668,1801,327
29551868,3661,329
29553068,4571,330

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