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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 Dominican RepublicThailandCape Verde
8,17559,748422
8,30160,165430
8,42760,746438
8,55361,323447
8,67861,884455
8,80162,425463
8,92462,956471
9,04463,467478
9,16463,937486
9,28164,381494
9,39864,804501
9,51265,208509
9,62765,599516
9,74265,970524
9,85566,332531
9,96566,673539
10,07266,975546
10,17767,250553
10,28167,506562
10,38567,750568
10,48767,975574
10,58768,180580
10,68668,366585
10,79368,457590

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 Dominican Republic, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.