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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	Dominica	Thailand	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	59,748	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	60,165	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	60,746	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	61,323	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	61,884	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	62,425	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	62,956	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	63,467	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	63,937	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	64,381	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	64,804	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	65,208	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	65,599	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	65,970	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	66,332	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	66,673	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	66,975	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	67,250	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	67,506	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	67,750	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	67,975	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	68,180	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	68,366	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	68,457	7,666

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