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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 MoroccoThailandBarbados
28,40059,748273
28,74460,165274
29,09460,746275
29,44761,323276
29,80661,884278
30,16962,425279
30,55262,956280
30,95363,467281
31,35463,937282
31,75464,381283
32,15464,804285
32,55365,208286
32,95165,599287
33,34665,970288
33,73766,332289
34,12466,673290
34,51166,975291
34,89867,250291
35,27967,506292
35,65367,750293
36,01867,975294
36,37568,180294
36,72368,366295
37,10168,457295

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 Morocco, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.