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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	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	3,696	39,252

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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.