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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 BarbadosThailandOmanAlbania
27359,7482,3483,085
27460,1652,4033,065
27560,7462,4573,047
27661,3232,5103,038
27861,8842,5623,026
27962,4252,6133,014
28062,9562,6632,998
28163,4672,7132,979
28263,9372,7642,957
28364,3812,8162,934
28564,8042,8712,915
28665,2082,9282,900
28765,5992,9862,892
28865,9703,0472,888
28966,3323,1102,882
29066,6733,1742,876
29166,9753,2402,868
29167,2503,3072,863
29267,5063,3752,861
29367,7503,4442,854
29467,9753,5122,842
29468,1803,5822,825
29568,3663,6512,799
29568,4573,6962,787

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, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.