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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 ThailandOmanDenmarkBarbados
59,7482,3485,322273
60,1652,4035,339274
60,7462,4575,358275
61,3232,5105,377276
61,8842,5625,391278
62,4252,6135,404279
62,9562,6635,420280
63,4672,7135,438281
63,9372,7645,461282
64,3812,8165,494283
64,8042,8715,524285
65,2082,9285,548286
65,5992,9865,571287
65,9703,0475,592288
66,3323,1105,614289
66,6733,1745,644290
66,9753,2405,683291
67,2503,3075,730291
67,5063,3755,766292
67,7503,4445,795293
67,9753,5125,818294
68,1803,5825,831294
68,3663,6515,855295
68,4573,6965,907295

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

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