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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 BarbadosThailandCambodia
27359,74812,122
27460,16512,317
27560,74612,504
27661,32312,691
27861,88412,881
27962,42513,076
28062,95613,276
28163,46713,461
28263,93713,630
28364,38113,808
28564,80413,990
28665,20814,162
28765,59914,322
28865,97014,480
28966,33214,637
29066,67314,793
29166,97514,994
29167,25015,238
29267,50615,480
29367,75015,717
29467,97515,944
29468,18016,149
29568,36616,338
29568,45716,514

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

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