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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SeychellesOmanBurkina FasoThailand
782,34811,07559,748
792,40311,40560,165
802,45711,82860,746
812,51012,38061,323
822,56212,82961,884
832,61313,17862,425
842,66313,54062,956
852,71313,91763,467
862,76414,30963,937
872,81614,72264,381
872,87115,15264,804
882,92815,60065,208
892,98616,06465,599
903,04716,56365,970
913,11017,07266,332
923,17417,57566,673
923,24018,09466,975
933,30718,62167,250
943,37519,15767,506
953,44419,69867,750
963,51220,24267,975
973,58220,78868,180
983,65121,33668,366
983,69621,88968,457

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.