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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 GuatemalaOmanThailand
11,4872,34859,748
11,7282,40360,165
11,9682,45760,746
12,2582,51061,323
12,5562,56261,884
12,8732,61362,425
13,2002,66362,956
13,5172,71363,467
13,8282,76463,937
14,1392,81664,381
14,4522,87164,804
14,7692,92865,208
15,0882,98665,599
15,4053,04765,970
15,7193,11066,332
16,0303,17466,673
16,3373,24066,975
16,6363,30767,250
16,9293,37567,506
17,2233,44467,750
17,5183,51267,975
17,8123,58268,180
18,1063,65168,366
18,3483,69668,457

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 Guatemala, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.