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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 LuxembourgCongo - KinshasaOmanThailand
43351,1812,34859,748
43852,7822,40360,165
44354,4532,45760,746
44856,1702,51061,323
45457,8602,56261,884
46059,5992,61362,425
46761,4742,66362,956
47463,4792,71363,467
48265,5902,76463,937
49167,8002,81664,381
50070,1142,87164,804
50972,5502,92865,208
52175,1382,98665,599
53377,7923,04765,970
54780,5343,11066,332
56083,3683,17466,673
57186,2293,24066,975
58689,1933,30767,250
59992,2093,37567,506
61095,2323,44467,750
62398,3203,51267,975
633101,4993,58268,180
643104,7673,65168,366
651108,1713,69668,457

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.