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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	Kenya	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	68,457

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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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