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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	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	10,487

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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140