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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 & TobagoThailandPhilippines
1,30159,74879,346
1,30360,16581,131
1,30860,74683,023
1,31461,32384,876
1,32061,88486,697
1,32662,42588,568
1,33262,95690,418
1,33863,46792,253
1,34463,93794,098
1,35264,38195,923
1,35964,80497,627
1,36565,20899,317
1,37265,599100,999
1,37965,970102,618
1,38666,332104,299
1,39266,673106,076
1,39966,975107,868
1,40567,250109,493
1,41167,506111,094
1,43667,750112,843
1,45267,975114,636
1,44868,180117,026
1,45068,366119,473
1,45668,457121,234

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

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.

No separate list is published for Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.