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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	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.