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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	Dominica	Iceland	Laos	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	5,286	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	5,397	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	5,499	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	5,578	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	5,654	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	5,746	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	5,836	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	5,931	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	6,035	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	6,145	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	6,257	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	6,368	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	6,477	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	6,586	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	6,695	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	6,804	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	6,912	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	7,019	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	7,127	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	7,234	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	7,343	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	7,452	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	7,560	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	7,666	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Dominica, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.