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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 SudanThailandBosnia & Herzegovina
26,16859,7483,811
26,77160,1653,901
27,38760,7463,919
28,01761,3233,923
28,66261,8843,940
29,32162,4253,975
29,99662,9563,991
30,68663,4673,993
31,39363,9373,990
32,13764,3813,987
33,07864,8043,985
33,89165,2083,983
34,56865,5993,980
35,29365,9703,977
36,09366,3323,973
37,05866,6733,968
38,16566,9753,963
39,29467,2503,957
40,51267,5063,951
41,76467,7503,944
42,95267,9753,937
44,12168,1803,929
45,29068,3663,921
46,49868,4573,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.