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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandThailandOmanGuinea
27759,7482,3487,610
28160,1652,4037,780
28560,7462,4577,821
28861,3232,5107,906
28961,8842,5628,121
29362,4252,6138,317
29662,9562,6638,478
30463,4672,7138,650
31163,9372,7648,860
31964,3812,8169,091
31964,8042,8719,327
31865,2082,9289,571
31965,5992,9869,825
32165,9703,04710,084
32466,3323,11010,351
32766,6733,17410,632
33166,9753,24010,924
33567,2503,30711,225
34367,5063,37511,534
35367,7503,44411,855
36167,9753,51212,160
36668,1803,58212,469
37268,3663,65112,778
38068,4573,69613,087

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.