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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 MaliRomaniaThailandBarbados
10,59622,41459,748273
10,83322,26260,165274
10,89022,10660,746275
11,00721,93161,323276
11,30721,82861,884278
11,57921,70462,425279
11,80421,57162,956280
12,04321,44363,467281
12,33721,12963,937282
12,65720,77964,381283
12,98620,60764,804285
13,32520,48565,208286
13,67920,38565,599287
14,04020,29665,970288
14,41220,22466,332289
14,80320,15166,673290
15,21020,05566,975291
15,62919,93867,250291
16,06019,82367,506292
16,50719,71367,750293
16,96719,62267,975294
17,44219,49668,180294
17,93019,35168,366295
18,49419,26668,457295

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.

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

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.

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