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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 & TobagoPhilippinesThailand
1,30179,34659,748
1,30381,13160,165
1,30883,02360,746
1,31484,87661,323
1,32086,69761,884
1,32688,56862,425
1,33290,41862,956
1,33892,25363,467
1,34494,09863,937
1,35295,92364,381
1,35997,62764,804
1,36599,31765,208
1,372100,99965,599
1,379102,61865,970
1,386104,29966,332
1,392106,07666,673
1,399107,86866,975
1,405109,49367,250
1,411111,09467,506
1,436112,84367,750
1,452114,63667,975
1,448117,02668,180
1,450119,47368,366
1,456121,23468,457

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

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.