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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 BarbadosThailandCentral African RepublicSt. Lucia
27359,7483,889152
27460,1653,980153
27560,7464,054154
27661,3234,128155
27861,8844,215156
27962,4254,289157
28062,9564,363157
28163,4674,449158
28263,9374,544159
28364,3814,641160
28564,8044,742160
28665,2084,845161
28765,5994,950162
28865,9705,057162
28966,3325,167163
29066,6735,278163
29166,9755,392164
29167,2505,507164
29267,5065,625165
29367,7505,745166
29467,9755,874166
29468,1806,025167
29568,3666,154167
29568,4576,291167

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, Central African Republic, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.