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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Oman	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	2,348	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	2,403	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	2,457	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	2,510	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	2,562	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	2,613	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	2,663	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	2,713	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	2,764	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	2,816	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	2,871	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	2,928	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	2,986	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	3,047	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	3,110	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	3,174	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	3,240	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	3,307	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	3,375	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	3,444	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	3,512	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	3,582	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	3,651	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	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

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 Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.