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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	Switzerland	Oman	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	2,348	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	2,403	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	2,457	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	2,510	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	2,562	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	2,613	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	2,663	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	2,713	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	2,764	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	2,816	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	2,871	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	2,928	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	2,986	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	3,047	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	3,110	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	3,174	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	3,240	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	3,307	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	3,375	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	3,444	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	3,512	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	3,582	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	3,651	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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.