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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 FasoJamaica
59,74811,0752,643
60,16511,4052,670
60,74611,8282,694
61,32312,3802,707
61,88412,8292,709
62,42513,1782,711
62,95613,5402,711
63,46713,9172,710
63,93714,3092,708
64,38114,7222,705
64,80415,1522,702
65,20815,6002,697
65,59916,0642,692
65,97016,5632,686
66,33217,0722,682
66,67317,5752,678
66,97518,0942,675
67,25018,6212,674
67,50619,1572,673
67,75019,6982,673
67,97520,2422,674
68,18020,7882,675
68,36621,3362,676
68,45721,8892,676

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

Jamaica

  • 1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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