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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	India	Germany	Oman	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	1,000,965	81,439	2,348	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	1,018,667	81,474	2,403	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	1,036,256	81,534	2,457	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	1,053,663	81,595	2,510	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	1,070,882	81,566	2,562	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	1,087,941	81,473	2,613	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	1,104,803	81,354	2,663	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	1,121,354	81,190	2,713	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	1,137,576	81,009	2,764	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	1,153,547	80,781	2,816	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	1,169,239	80,500	2,871	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	1,184,638	80,301	2,928	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	1,199,810	80,292	2,986	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	1,214,839	80,443	3,047	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	1,229,765	80,663	3,110	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	1,244,577	81,000	3,174	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	1,259,236	81,704	3,240	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	1,273,693	82,366	3,307	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	1,287,902	82,674	3,375	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	1,301,821	82,923	3,444	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	1,315,530	83,110	3,512	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	1,329,062	83,178	3,582	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	1,339,912	83,213	3,651	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	1,349,060	83,811	3,696	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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.