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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	Zambia	Oman	Thailand	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	59,748	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	60,165	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	60,746	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	61,323	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	61,884	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	62,425	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	62,956	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	63,467	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	63,937	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	64,381	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	64,804	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	65,208	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	65,599	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	65,970	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	66,332	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	66,673	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	66,975	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	67,250	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	67,506	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	67,750	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	67,975	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	68,180	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	68,366	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	68,457	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.