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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 ThailandUgandaLuxembourg
59,74823,408433
60,16524,195438
60,74624,992443
61,32325,846448
61,88426,661454
62,42527,414460
62,95628,200467
63,46729,021474
63,93729,846482
64,38130,647491
64,80431,469500
65,20832,343509
65,59933,257521
65,97034,234533
66,33235,271547
66,67336,419560
66,97537,673571
67,25039,157586
67,50640,879599
67,75042,329610
67,97543,639623
68,18045,120633
68,36646,645643
68,45748,065651

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

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.