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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosThailandBosnia & Herzegovina
27359,7483,811
27460,1653,901
27560,7463,919
27661,3233,923
27861,8843,940
27962,4253,975
28062,9563,991
28163,4673,993
28263,9373,990
28364,3813,987
28564,8043,985
28665,2083,983
28765,5993,980
28865,9703,977
28966,3323,973
29066,6733,968
29166,9753,963
29167,2503,957
29267,5063,951
29367,7503,944
29467,9753,937
29468,1803,929
29568,3663,921
29568,4573,876

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.

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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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.