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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	El Salvador	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,767	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,825	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,856	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,869	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,880	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,888	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,899	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,906	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,911	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,934	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,954	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,967	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,984	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,033	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,121	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,179	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,205	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,248	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	343	6,304	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	353	6,368	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	361	6,372	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,385	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,407	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,429	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.

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 El Salvador; the database as a whole is cited above.