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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 QatarThailandBosnia & Herzegovina
62759,7483,811
65960,1653,901
69160,7463,919
72461,3233,923
75761,8843,940
85062,4253,975
1,00162,9563,991
1,15363,4673,993
1,30663,9373,990
1,46064,3813,987
1,61564,8043,985
1,77065,2083,983
1,90465,5993,980
2,01065,9703,977
2,10366,3323,973
2,18766,6733,968
2,26166,9753,963
2,32667,2503,957
2,38467,5063,951
2,43567,7503,944
2,48067,9753,937
2,51968,1803,929
2,55368,3663,921
2,55968,4573,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.