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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandThailandMontenegro
27759,748623
28160,165623
28560,746623
28861,323622
28961,884621
29362,425621
29662,956621
30463,467620
31163,937620
31964,381621
31964,804622
31865,208623
31965,599622
32165,970622
32466,332622
32766,673621
33166,975620
33567,250618
34367,506616
35367,750614
36167,975613
36668,180612
37268,366611
38068,457610

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

Montenegro

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project