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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 LuxembourgThailandAlbaniaRomania
43359,7483,08522,414
43860,1653,06522,262
44360,7463,04722,106
44861,3233,03821,931
45461,8843,02621,828
46062,4253,01421,704
46762,9562,99821,571
47463,4672,97921,443
48263,9372,95721,129
49164,3812,93420,779
50064,8042,91520,607
50965,2082,90020,485
52165,5992,89220,385
53365,9702,88820,296
54766,3322,88220,224
56066,6732,87620,151
57166,9752,86820,055
58667,2502,86319,938
59967,5062,86119,823
61067,7502,85419,713
62367,9752,84219,622
63368,1802,82519,496
64368,3662,79919,351
65168,4572,78719,266

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.