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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 ThailandSudanTrinidad & Tobago
59,74826,1681,301
60,16526,7711,303
60,74627,3871,308
61,32328,0171,314
61,88428,6621,320
62,42529,3211,326
62,95629,9961,332
63,46730,6861,338
63,93731,3931,344
64,38132,1371,352
64,80433,0781,359
65,20833,8911,365
65,59934,5681,372
65,97035,2931,379
66,33236,0931,386
66,67337,0581,392
66,97538,1651,399
67,25039,2941,405
67,50640,5121,411
67,75041,7641,436
67,97542,9521,452
68,18044,1211,448
68,36645,2901,450
68,45746,4981,456

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 Sudan, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.