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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 BarbadosRomaniaOmanThailand
27322,4142,34859,748
27422,2622,40360,165
27522,1062,45760,746
27621,9312,51061,323
27821,8282,56261,884
27921,7042,61362,425
28021,5712,66362,956
28121,4432,71363,467
28221,1292,76463,937
28320,7792,81664,381
28520,6072,87164,804
28620,4852,92865,208
28720,3852,98665,599
28820,2963,04765,970
28920,2243,11066,332
29020,1513,17466,673
29120,0553,24066,975
29119,9383,30767,250
29219,8233,37567,506
29319,7133,44467,750
29419,6223,51267,975
29419,4963,58268,180
29519,3513,65168,366
29519,2663,69668,457

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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