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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 ThailandOmanPuerto RicoBarbados
59,7482,3483,800273
60,1652,4033,811274
60,7462,4573,819275
61,3232,5103,824276
61,8842,5623,826278
62,4252,6133,827279
62,9562,6633,822280
63,4672,7133,805281
63,9372,7643,783282
64,3812,8163,761283
64,8042,8713,741285
65,2082,9283,722286
65,5992,9863,679287
65,9703,0473,636288
66,3323,1103,589289
66,6733,1743,534290
66,9753,2403,473291
67,2503,3073,411291
67,5063,3753,352292
67,7503,4443,295293
67,9753,5123,268294
68,1803,5823,247294
68,3663,6513,232295
68,4573,6963,228295

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