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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 BarbadosThailandOmanNiger
27359,7482,34810,424
27460,1652,40310,785
27560,7462,45711,170
27661,3232,51011,580
27861,8842,56212,015
27962,4252,61312,472
28062,9562,66312,954
28163,4672,71313,459
28263,9372,76413,986
28364,3812,81614,532
28564,8042,87115,092
28665,2082,92815,669
28765,5992,98616,263
28865,9703,04716,903
28966,3323,11017,569
29066,6733,17418,242
29166,9753,24018,957
29167,2503,30719,708
29267,5063,37520,462
29367,7503,44421,228
29467,9753,51222,023
29468,1803,58222,842
29568,3663,65123,691
29568,4573,69624,587

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, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.