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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 DenmarkTrinidad & TobagoThailand
5,3221,30159,748
5,3391,30360,165
5,3581,30860,746
5,3771,31461,323
5,3911,32061,884
5,4041,32662,425
5,4201,33262,956
5,4381,33863,467
5,4611,34463,937
5,4941,35264,381
5,5241,35964,804
5,5481,36565,208
5,5711,37265,599
5,5921,37965,970
5,6141,38666,332
5,6441,39266,673
5,6831,39966,975
5,7301,40567,250
5,7661,41167,506
5,7951,43667,750
5,8181,45267,975
5,8311,44868,180
5,8551,45068,366
5,9071,45668,457

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 Denmark, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.