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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 IcelandDominicaSudanThailand
2777026,16859,748
2817126,77160,165
2857127,38760,746
2887228,01761,323
2897228,66261,884
2937229,32162,425
2967229,99662,956
3047230,68663,467
3117231,39363,937
3197332,13764,381
3197333,07864,804
3187333,89165,208
3197334,56865,599
3217335,29365,970
3247336,09366,332
3277337,05866,673
3317438,16566,975
3357439,29467,250
3437440,51267,506
3537441,76467,750
3617542,95267,975
3667544,12168,180
3727645,29068,366
3807646,49868,457

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.