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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	277	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	281	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	285	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	288	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	289	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	293	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	296	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	304	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	311	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	319	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	319	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	318	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	319	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	321	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	324	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	327	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	331	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	335	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	343	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	353	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	361	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	366	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	372	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	380	22,239

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.

Malawi

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.