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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Thailand | Burkina Faso | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59,748 | 11,075 | 3,460 | |
| 60,165 | 11,405 | 3,499 | |
| 60,746 | 11,828 | 3,554 | |
| 61,323 | 12,380 | 3,610 | |
| 61,884 | 12,829 | 3,665 | |
| 62,425 | 13,178 | 3,721 | |
| 62,956 | 13,540 | 3,777 | |
| 63,467 | 13,917 | 3,853 | |
| 63,937 | 14,309 | 3,954 | |
| 64,381 | 14,722 | 4,036 | |
| 64,804 | 15,152 | 4,082 | |
| 65,208 | 15,600 | 4,097 | |
| 65,599 | 16,064 | 4,115 | |
| 65,970 | 16,563 | 4,206 | |
| 66,332 | 17,072 | 4,696 | |
| 66,673 | 17,575 | 5,365 | |
| 66,975 | 18,094 | 5,640 | |
| 67,250 | 18,621 | 5,688 | |
| 67,506 | 19,157 | 5,680 | |
| 67,750 | 19,698 | 5,562 | |
| 67,975 | 20,242 | 5,331 | |
| 68,180 | 20,788 | 4,986 | |
| 68,366 | 21,336 | 4,802 | |
| 68,457 | 21,889 | 4,713 |
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.
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
Lebanon
- 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828
No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.