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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 BarbadosSeychellesThailandOman
2737859,7482,348
2747960,1652,403
2758060,7462,457
2768161,3232,510
2788261,8842,562
2798362,4252,613
2808462,9562,663
2818563,4672,713
2828663,9372,764
2838764,3812,816
2858764,8042,871
2868865,2082,928
2878965,5992,986
2889065,9703,047
2899166,3323,110
2909266,6733,174
2919266,9753,240
2919367,2503,307
2929467,5063,375
2939567,7503,444
2949667,9753,512
2949768,1803,582
2959868,3663,651
2959868,4573,696

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