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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 ThailandOmanEstoniaBarbados
59,7482,3481,378273
60,1652,4031,400274
60,7462,4571,391275
61,3232,5101,382276
61,8842,5621,374278
62,4252,6131,365279
62,9562,6631,357280
63,4672,7131,349281
63,9372,7641,341282
64,3812,8161,337283
64,8042,8711,334285
65,2082,9281,332286
65,5992,9861,328287
65,9703,0471,324288
66,3323,1101,319289
66,6733,1741,314290
66,9753,2401,312291
67,2503,3071,314291
67,5063,3751,314292
67,7503,4441,318293
67,9753,5121,323294
68,1803,5821,327294
68,3663,6511,329295
68,4573,6961,330295

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, Estonia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.