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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 ThailandYemenSeychelles
59,74816,72878
60,16517,23679
60,74617,76280
61,32318,31081
61,88418,85582
62,42519,41083
62,95620,00084
63,46720,61185
63,93721,23686
64,38121,87887
64,80422,53387
65,20823,19588
65,59923,88089
65,97024,59490
66,33225,31191
66,67326,02092
66,97526,69892
67,25027,34793
67,50627,98594
67,75028,60895
67,97529,21696
68,18029,81197
68,36630,39998
68,45731,05898

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