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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 PhilippinesThailandSeychelles
79,34659,74878
81,13160,16579
83,02360,74680
84,87661,32381
86,69761,88482
88,56862,42583
90,41862,95684
92,25363,46785
94,09863,93786
95,92364,38187
97,62764,80487
99,31765,20888
100,99965,59989
102,61865,97090
104,29966,33291
106,07666,67392
107,86866,97592
109,49367,25093
111,09467,50694
112,84367,75095
114,63667,97596
117,02668,18097
119,47368,36698
121,23468,45798

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

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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 Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.