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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	Thailand	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	277
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	281
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	285
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	288
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	289
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	293
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	296
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	304
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	311
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	319
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	319
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	318
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	319
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	321
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	324
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	327
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	331
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	335
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	343
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	353
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	361
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	366
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	372
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	380

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

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.