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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 EstoniaTrinidad & TobagoThailand
1,3781,30159,748
1,4001,30360,165
1,3911,30860,746
1,3821,31461,323
1,3741,32061,884
1,3651,32662,425
1,3571,33262,956
1,3491,33863,467
1,3411,34463,937
1,3371,35264,381
1,3341,35964,804
1,3321,36565,208
1,3281,37265,599
1,3241,37965,970
1,3191,38666,332
1,3141,39266,673
1,3121,39966,975
1,3141,40567,250
1,3141,41167,506
1,3181,43667,750
1,3231,45267,975
1,3271,44868,180
1,3291,45068,366
1,3301,45668,457

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