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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	South Korea	Burkina Faso	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	11,075	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	11,405	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	11,828	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	12,380	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	12,829	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	13,178	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	13,540	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	13,917	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	14,309	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	14,722	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	15,152	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	15,600	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	16,064	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	16,563	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	17,072	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	17,575	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	18,094	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	18,621	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	19,157	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	19,698	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	20,242	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	20,788	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	21,336	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	21,889	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.

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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.