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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	51,181	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	52,782	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	54,453	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	56,170	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	57,860	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	59,599	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	61,474	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	63,479	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	65,590	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	67,800	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	70,114	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	72,550	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	75,138	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	77,792	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	80,534	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	83,368	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	86,229	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	89,193	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	92,209	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	95,232	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	98,320	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	101,499	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	104,767	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	108,171	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.

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 Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.