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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	Thailand	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	21,889	167

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 Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.