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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 ThailandGermanySt. Lucia
59,74881,439152
60,16581,474153
60,74681,534154
61,32381,595155
61,88481,566156
62,42581,473157
62,95681,354157
63,46781,190158
63,93781,009159
64,38180,781160
64,80480,500160
65,20880,301161
65,59980,292162
65,97080,443162
66,33280,663163
66,67381,000163
66,97581,704164
67,25082,366164
67,50682,674165
67,75082,923166
67,97583,110166
68,18083,178167
68,36683,213167
68,45783,811167

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

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.