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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 BarbadosSeychellesThailandSudan
2737859,74826,168
2747960,16526,771
2758060,74627,387
2768161,32328,017
2788261,88428,662
2798362,42529,321
2808462,95629,996
2818563,46730,686
2828663,93731,393
2838764,38132,137
2858764,80433,078
2868865,20833,891
2878965,59934,568
2889065,97035,293
2899166,33236,093
2909266,67337,058
2919266,97538,165
2919367,25039,294
2929467,50640,512
2939567,75041,764
2949667,97542,952
2949768,18044,121
2959868,36645,290
2959868,45746,498

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