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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 MaltaBarbadosOmanThailand
3872732,34859,748
3902742,40360,165
3932752,45760,746
3962762,51061,323
3982782,56261,884
4012792,61362,425
4042802,66362,956
4052812,71363,467
4062822,76463,937
4092832,81664,381
4122852,87164,804
4142862,92865,208
4162872,98665,599
4202883,04765,970
4262893,11066,332
4352903,17466,673
4452913,24066,975
4552913,30767,250
4682923,37567,506
4852933,44467,750
5042943,51267,975
5162943,58268,180
5182953,65168,366
5302953,69668,457

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