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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 FasoLuxembourg
59,74811,075433
60,16511,405438
60,74611,828443
61,32312,380448
61,88412,829454
62,42513,178460
62,95613,540467
63,46713,917474
63,93714,309482
64,38114,722491
64,80415,152500
65,20815,600509
65,59916,064521
65,97016,563533
66,33217,072547
66,67317,575560
66,97518,094571
67,25018,621586
67,50619,157599
67,75019,698610
67,97520,242623
68,18020,788633
68,36621,336643
68,45721,889651

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