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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 ThailandBurkina FasoCyprus
59,74811,075818
60,16511,405826
60,74611,828835
61,32312,380845
61,88412,829855
62,42513,178867
62,95613,540879
63,46713,917894
63,93714,309913
64,38114,722937
64,80415,152962
65,20815,600988
65,59916,0641,013
65,97016,5631,029
66,33217,0721,026
66,67317,5751,015
66,97518,0941,009
67,25018,6211,014
67,50619,1571,023
67,75019,6981,036
67,97520,2421,050
68,18020,7881,062
68,36621,3361,072
68,45721,8891,087

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