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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 FasoPhilippinesBarbados
59,74811,07579,346273
60,16511,40581,131274
60,74611,82883,023275
61,32312,38084,876276
61,88412,82986,697278
62,42513,17888,568279
62,95613,54090,418280
63,46713,91792,253281
63,93714,30994,098282
64,38114,72295,923283
64,80415,15297,627285
65,20815,60099,317286
65,59916,064100,999287
65,97016,563102,618288
66,33217,072104,299289
66,67317,575106,076290
66,97518,094107,868291
67,25018,621109,493291
67,50619,157111,094292
67,75019,698112,843293
67,97520,242114,636294
68,18020,788117,026294
68,36621,336119,473295
68,45721,889121,234295

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

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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