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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	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	5,185

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 Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.