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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ThailandBurkina FasoDominicaBarbados
59,74811,07570273
60,16511,40571274
60,74611,82871275
61,32312,38072276
61,88412,82972278
62,42513,17872279
62,95613,54072280
63,46713,91772281
63,93714,30972282
64,38114,72273283
64,80415,15273285
65,20815,60073286
65,59916,06473287
65,97016,56373288
66,33217,07273289
66,67317,57573290
66,97518,09474291
67,25018,62174291
67,50619,15774292
67,75019,69874293
67,97520,24275294
68,18020,78875294
68,36621,33676295
68,45721,88976295

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.

All data sources

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