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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandDominicaOmanThailand
277702,34859,748
281712,40360,165
285712,45760,746
288722,51061,323
289722,56261,884
293722,61362,425
296722,66362,956
304722,71363,467
311722,76463,937
319732,81664,381
319732,87164,804
318732,92865,208
319732,98665,599
321733,04765,970
324733,11066,332
327733,17466,673
331743,24066,975
335743,30767,250
343743,37567,506
353743,44467,750
361753,51267,975
366753,58268,180
372763,65168,366
380763,69668,457

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