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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 BarbadosThailandPalestinian TerritoriesMalta
27359,7482,996387
27460,1653,075390
27560,7463,155393
27661,3233,235396
27861,8843,315398
27962,4253,396401
28062,9563,478404
28163,4673,559405
28263,9373,642406
28364,3813,727409
28564,8043,817412
28665,2083,907414
28765,5993,997416
28865,9704,088420
28966,3324,178426
29066,6734,269435
29166,9754,359445
29167,2504,451455
29267,5064,533468
29367,7504,615485
29467,9754,715504
29468,1804,820516
29568,3664,930518
29568,4575,042530

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, Palestinian Territories, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.