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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	Kenya	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,192	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	31,025	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,919	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	32,865	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	33,846	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	34,880	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	35,961	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	37,093	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,248	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	39,441	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	40,668	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	41,900	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	43,198	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,470	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,639	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,808	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	47,983	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	49,095	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	50,201	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,357	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	52,522	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	53,691	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	54,867	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	55,924	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.

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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