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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 SeychellesEstoniaThailand
781,37859,748
791,40060,165
801,39160,746
811,38261,323
821,37461,884
831,36562,425
841,35762,956
851,34963,467
861,34163,937
871,33764,381
871,33464,804
881,33265,208
891,32865,599
901,32465,970
911,31966,332
921,31466,673
921,31266,975
931,31467,250
941,31467,506
951,31867,750
961,32367,975
971,32768,180
981,32968,366
981,33068,457

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