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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 LuxembourgThailandSt. Lucia
43359,748152
43860,165153
44360,746154
44861,323155
45461,884156
46062,425157
46762,956157
47463,467158
48263,937159
49164,381160
50064,804160
50965,208161
52165,599162
53365,970162
54766,332163
56066,673163
57166,975164
58667,250164
59967,506165
61067,750166
62367,975166
63368,180167
64368,366167
65168,457167

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 Luxembourg, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.