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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 Saudi ArabiaBosnia & HerzegovinaThailand
19,9643,81159,748
20,4263,90160,165
20,9563,91960,746
21,5493,92361,323
22,1893,94061,884
22,8503,97562,425
23,5163,99162,956
24,1783,99363,467
24,8413,99063,937
25,5183,98764,381
26,2273,98564,804
27,0683,98365,208
27,8103,98065,599
28,5163,97765,970
29,2203,97366,332
29,9363,96866,673
30,6463,96366,975
31,3603,95767,250
32,1843,95167,506
32,8693,94467,750
33,6613,93767,975
34,5423,92968,180
33,6513,92168,366
34,0813,87668,457

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.

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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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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