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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 Trinidad & TobagoLaosThailand
1,3015,28659,748
1,3035,39760,165
1,3085,49960,746
1,3145,57861,323
1,3205,65461,884
1,3265,74662,425
1,3325,83662,956
1,3385,93163,467
1,3446,03563,937
1,3526,14564,381
1,3596,25764,804
1,3656,36865,208
1,3726,47765,599
1,3796,58665,970
1,3866,69566,332
1,3926,80466,673
1,3996,91266,975
1,4057,01967,250
1,4117,12767,506
1,4367,23467,750
1,4527,34367,975
1,4487,45268,180
1,4507,56068,366
1,4567,66668,457

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