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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	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	56,210

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

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,