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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 BarbadosSeychellesThailandBurkina Faso
2737859,74811,075
2747960,16511,405
2758060,74611,828
2768161,32312,380
2788261,88412,829
2798362,42513,178
2808462,95613,540
2818563,46713,917
2828663,93714,309
2838764,38114,722
2858764,80415,152
2868865,20815,600
2878965,59916,064
2889065,97016,563
2899166,33217,072
2909266,67317,575
2919266,97518,094
2919367,25018,621
2929467,50619,157
2939567,75019,698
2949667,97520,242
2949768,18020,788
2959868,36621,336
2959868,45721,889

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, Seychelles, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.