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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 EstoniaThailandTrinidad & Tobago
1,37859,7481,301
1,40060,1651,303
1,39160,7461,308
1,38261,3231,314
1,37461,8841,320
1,36562,4251,326
1,35762,9561,332
1,34963,4671,338
1,34163,9371,344
1,33764,3811,352
1,33464,8041,359
1,33265,2081,365
1,32865,5991,372
1,32465,9701,379
1,31966,3321,386
1,31466,6731,392
1,31266,9751,399
1,31467,2501,405
1,31467,5061,411
1,31867,7501,436
1,32367,9751,452
1,32768,1801,448
1,32968,3661,450
1,33068,4571,456

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