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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	Sudan	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	26,168	531
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	26,771	545
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	27,387	559
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	28,017	574
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	28,662	590
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	29,321	606
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	29,996	623
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	30,686	640
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	31,393	657
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	32,137	674
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	33,078	690
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	33,891	706
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	34,568	722
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	35,293	737
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	36,093	752
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	37,058	767
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	38,165	781
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	39,294	795
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	40,512	808
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	41,764	821
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	42,952	837
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	44,121	853
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	45,290	869
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	46,498	885

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 Sudan, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.