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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 BarbadosPalestinian TerritoriesThailandLuxembourg
2732,99659,748433
2743,07560,165438
2753,15560,746443
2763,23561,323448
2783,31561,884454
2793,39662,425460
2803,47862,956467
2813,55963,467474
2823,64263,937482
2833,72764,381491
2853,81764,804500
2863,90765,208509
2873,99765,599521
2884,08865,970533
2894,17866,332547
2904,26966,673560
2914,35966,975571
2914,45167,250586
2924,53367,506599
2934,61567,750610
2944,71567,975623
2944,82068,180633
2954,93068,366643
2955,04268,457651

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