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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Thailand	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	59,748	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	60,165	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	60,746	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	61,323	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	61,884	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	62,425	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	62,956	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	63,467	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	63,937	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	64,381	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	64,804	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	65,208	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	65,599	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	65,970	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	66,332	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	66,673	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	66,975	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	67,250	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	67,506	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	67,750	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	67,975	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	68,180	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	68,366	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	68,457	3,876

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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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