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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	Qatar	Congo - Kinshasa	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	51,181	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	52,782	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	54,453	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	56,170	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	57,860	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	59,599	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	61,474	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	63,479	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	65,590	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	67,800	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	70,114	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	72,550	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	75,138	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	77,792	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	80,534	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	83,368	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	86,229	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	89,193	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	92,209	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	95,232	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	98,320	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	101,499	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	104,767	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	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 Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.