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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 CyprusBarbadosThailand
81827359,748
82627460,165
83527560,746
84527661,323
85527861,884
86727962,425
87928062,956
89428163,467
91328263,937
93728364,381
96228564,804
98828665,208
1,01328765,599
1,02928865,970
1,02628966,332
1,01529066,673
1,00929166,975
1,01429167,250
1,02329267,506
1,03629367,750
1,05029467,975
1,06229468,180
1,07229568,366
1,08729568,457

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 Cyprus, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.