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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	Chile	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,140	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,340	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	15,513	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	15,686	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	15,859	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,029	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,222	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,364	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,536	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,700	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,864	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,999	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	17,189	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	17,378	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,545	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,720	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	17,904	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,099	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	18,350	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	18,681	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,035	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,385	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,604	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,715	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.

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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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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