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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Brazzaville	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,886	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,999	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,113	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,181	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,274	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,400	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,543	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,702	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,859	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,989	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,146	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,324	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,468	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,581	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,667	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,757	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,851	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,951	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,055	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,164	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,279	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,400	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,527	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,655	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 Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.