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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 DominicaSt. LuciaThailand
7015259,748
7115360,165
7115460,746
7215561,323
7215661,884
7215762,425
7215762,956
7215863,467
7215963,937
7316064,381
7316064,804
7316165,208
7316265,599
7316265,970
7316366,332
7316366,673
7416466,975
7416467,250
7416567,506
7416667,750
7516667,975
7516768,180
7616768,366
7616768,457

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