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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	2,348	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	2,403	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	2,457	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	2,510	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	2,562	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	2,613	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	2,663	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	2,713	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	2,764	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	2,816	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	2,871	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	2,928	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	2,986	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	3,047	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	3,110	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	3,174	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	3,240	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	3,307	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	3,375	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	3,444	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	3,512	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	3,582	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	3,651	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	3,696	108,171	651

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

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 Oman, Congo - Kinshasa, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.