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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 ThailandOmanYemenBarbados
59,7482,34816,728273
60,1652,40317,236274
60,7462,45717,762275
61,3232,51018,310276
61,8842,56218,855278
62,4252,61319,410279
62,9562,66320,000280
63,4672,71320,611281
63,9372,76421,236282
64,3812,81621,878283
64,8042,87122,533285
65,2082,92823,195286
65,5992,98623,880287
65,9703,04724,594288
66,3323,11025,311289
66,6733,17426,020290
66,9753,24026,698291
67,2503,30727,347291
67,5063,37527,985292
67,7503,44428,608293
67,9753,51229,216294
68,1803,58229,811294
68,3663,65130,399295
68,4573,69631,058295

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