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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	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	10,793

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.