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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 SeychellesParaguayThailand
785,36659,748
795,47360,165
805,57960,746
815,68361,323
825,78661,884
835,88662,425
845,98462,956
856,08063,467
866,17363,937
876,26464,381
876,35264,804
886,43865,208
896,52265,599
906,60565,970
916,68866,332
926,76966,673
926,85066,975
936,93067,250
947,01267,506
957,09567,750
967,17967,975
977,26368,180
987,34868,366
987,43268,457

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