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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 FasoDominica
59,74811,07570
60,16511,40571
60,74611,82871
61,32312,38072
61,88412,82972
62,42513,17872
62,95613,54072
63,46713,91772
63,93714,30972
64,38114,72273
64,80415,15273
65,20815,60073
65,59916,06473
65,97016,56373
66,33217,07273
66,67317,57573
66,97518,09474
67,25018,62174
67,50619,15774
67,75019,69874
67,97520,24275
68,18020,78875
68,36621,33676
68,45721,88976

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