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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	United States	Croatia	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	279,040	4,377	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	282,162	4,334	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	284,969	4,171	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	287,625	4,176	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	290,108	4,176	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	292,805	4,179	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	295,517	4,182	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	298,380	4,183	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	301,231	4,183	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	304,094	4,181	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	306,772	4,177	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	309,327	4,167	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	311,583	4,154	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	313,878	4,141	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	316,060	4,126	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	318,386	4,109	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	320,739	4,081	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	323,072	4,047	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	325,122	4,006	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	326,838	3,968	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	328,330	3,945	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	331,512	3,925	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	332,032	3,839	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	333,288	3,790	68,457

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.

All data sources

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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