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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 ThailandAlbaniaNorway
59,7483,0854,463
60,1653,0654,492
60,7463,0474,515
61,3233,0384,539
61,8843,0264,566
62,4253,0144,593
62,9562,9984,624
63,4672,9794,662
63,9372,9574,710
64,3812,9344,769
64,8042,9154,830
65,2082,9004,890
65,5992,8924,954
65,9702,8885,020
66,3322,8825,081
66,6732,8765,138
66,9752,8685,191
67,2502,8635,237
67,5062,8615,278
67,7502,8545,313
67,9752,8425,349
68,1802,8255,380
68,3662,7995,409
68,4572,7875,458

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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