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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 TunisiaThailandSeychelles
9,41759,74878
9,51460,16579
9,61360,74680
9,71161,32381
9,81061,88482
9,90662,42583
9,99762,95684
10,08763,46785
10,17863,93786
10,27464,38187
10,37764,80487
10,49165,20888
10,61265,59989
10,73765,97090
10,86666,33291
10,99666,67392
11,12466,97592
11,24867,25093
11,36567,50694
11,47767,75095
11,58367,97596
11,68168,18097
11,77268,36698
11,86268,45798

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