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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 LuxembourgBurkina FasoOmanThailand
43311,0752,34859,748
43811,4052,40360,165
44311,8282,45760,746
44812,3802,51061,323
45412,8292,56261,884
46013,1782,61362,425
46713,5402,66362,956
47413,9172,71363,467
48214,3092,76463,937
49114,7222,81664,381
50015,1522,87164,804
50915,6002,92865,208
52116,0642,98665,599
53316,5633,04765,970
54717,0723,11066,332
56017,5753,17466,673
57118,0943,24066,975
58618,6213,30767,250
59919,1573,37567,506
61019,6983,44467,750
62320,2423,51267,975
63320,7883,58268,180
64321,3363,65168,366
65121,8893,69668,457

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