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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 ThailandMoldovaSt. Lucia
59,7484,244152
60,1654,199153
60,7464,154154
61,3234,108155
61,8844,059156
62,4254,013157
62,9563,966157
63,4673,919158
63,9373,873159
64,3813,829160
64,8043,788160
65,2083,748161
65,5993,709162
65,9703,671162
66,3323,633163
66,6733,595163
66,9753,558164
67,2503,522164
67,5063,485165
67,7503,448166
67,9753,412166
68,1803,376167
68,3663,339167
68,4573,570167

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 Moldova, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.