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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Bosnia & HerzegovinaThailandMalta
3,81159,748387
3,90160,165390
3,91960,746393
3,92361,323396
3,94061,884398
3,97562,425401
3,99162,956404
3,99363,467405
3,99063,937406
3,98764,381409
3,98564,804412
3,98365,208414
3,98065,599416
3,97765,970420
3,97366,332426
3,96866,673435
3,96366,975445
3,95767,250455
3,95167,506468
3,94467,750485
3,93767,975504
3,92968,180516
3,92168,366518
3,87668,457530

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.