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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 BarbadosThailandSt. Lucia
27359,748152
27460,165153
27560,746154
27661,323155
27861,884156
27962,425157
28062,956157
28163,467158
28263,937159
28364,381160
28564,804160
28665,208161
28765,599162
28865,970162
28966,332163
29066,673163
29166,975164
29167,250164
29267,506165
29367,750166
29467,975166
29468,180167
29568,366167
29568,457167

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