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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sweden	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,858	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,872	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,896	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,925	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,958	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,994	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,030	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,081	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,148	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,220	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,299	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,378	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,449	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,519	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,600	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,696	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,799	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,923	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,058	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,175	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,279	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,354	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,416	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,487	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.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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