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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 BangladeshThailandSt. Lucia
132,90759,748152
135,20760,165153
137,42060,746154
139,57361,323155
141,65061,884156
143,64462,425157
145,54662,956157
147,37663,467158
149,04763,937159
150,56264,381160
152,18964,804160
153,92765,208161
155,63465,599162
157,32665,970162
158,99966,332163
160,65066,673163
162,27366,975164
163,93867,250164
165,65567,506165
167,35867,750166
169,04567,975166
170,70968,180167
172,35468,366167
174,21768,457167

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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