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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 DenmarkThailandBosnia & Herzegovina
5,32259,7483,811
5,33960,1653,901
5,35860,7463,919
5,37761,3233,923
5,39161,8843,940
5,40462,4253,975
5,42062,9563,991
5,43863,4673,993
5,46163,9373,990
5,49464,3813,987
5,52464,8043,985
5,54865,2083,983
5,57165,5993,980
5,59265,9703,977
5,61466,3323,973
5,64466,6733,968
5,68366,9753,963
5,73067,2503,957
5,76667,5063,951
5,79567,7503,944
5,81867,9753,937
5,83168,1803,929
5,85568,3663,921
5,90768,4573,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.