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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 SeychellesDenmarkThailand
785,32259,748
795,33960,165
805,35860,746
815,37761,323
825,39161,884
835,40462,425
845,42062,956
855,43863,467
865,46163,937
875,49464,381
875,52464,804
885,54865,208
895,57165,599
905,59265,970
915,61466,332
925,64466,673
925,68366,975
935,73067,250
945,76667,506
955,79567,750
965,81867,975
975,83168,180
985,85568,366
985,90768,457

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

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.