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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	Montenegro	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	623	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	623	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	623	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	622	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	621	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	621	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	621	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	620	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	620	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	621	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	622	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	623	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	622	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	622	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	622	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	621	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	620	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	618	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	616	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	614	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	613	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	612	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	611	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	610	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.

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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