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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 IcelandGuineaOmanThailand
2777,6102,34859,748
2817,7802,40360,165
2857,8212,45760,746
2887,9062,51061,323
2898,1212,56261,884
2938,3172,61362,425
2968,4782,66362,956
3048,6502,71363,467
3118,8602,76463,937
3199,0912,81664,381
3199,3272,87164,804
3189,5712,92865,208
3199,8252,98665,599
32110,0843,04765,970
32410,3513,11066,332
32710,6323,17466,673
33110,9243,24066,975
33511,2253,30767,250
34311,5343,37567,506
35311,8553,44467,750
36112,1603,51267,975
36612,4693,58268,180
37212,7783,65168,366
38013,0873,69668,457

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