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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgAlbaniaOmanThailand
4333,0852,34859,748
4383,0652,40360,165
4433,0472,45760,746
4483,0382,51061,323
4543,0262,56261,884
4603,0142,61362,425
4672,9982,66362,956
4742,9792,71363,467
4822,9572,76463,937
4912,9342,81664,381
5002,9152,87164,804
5092,9002,92865,208
5212,8922,98665,599
5332,8883,04765,970
5472,8823,11066,332
5602,8763,17466,673
5712,8683,24066,975
5862,8633,30767,250
5992,8613,37567,506
6102,8543,44467,750
6232,8423,51267,975
6332,8253,58268,180
6432,7993,65168,366
6512,7873,69668,457

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.

All data sources

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