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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	Niger	Oman	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	2,348	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	2,403	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	2,457	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	2,510	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	2,562	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	2,613	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	2,663	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	2,713	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	2,764	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	2,816	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	2,871	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	2,928	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	2,986	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	3,047	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	3,110	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	3,174	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	3,240	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	3,307	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	3,375	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	3,444	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	3,512	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	3,582	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	3,651	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	3,696	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

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