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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 ThailandOmanTanzania
59,7482,34832,912
60,1652,40333,953
60,7462,45734,974
61,3232,51036,021
61,8842,56237,100
62,4252,61338,167
62,9562,66339,262
63,4672,71340,387
63,9372,76441,557
64,3812,81642,741
64,8042,87143,889
65,2082,92845,132
65,5992,98646,531
65,9703,04747,965
66,3323,11049,437
66,6733,17450,965
66,9753,24052,604
67,2503,30754,336
67,5063,37556,062
67,7503,44457,765
67,9753,51259,465
68,1803,58261,191
68,3663,65162,944
68,4573,69664,835

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 Oman, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.