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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	Barbados	Thailand	Germany	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	81,439	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	81,474	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	81,534	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	81,595	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	81,566	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	81,473	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	81,354	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	81,190	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	81,009	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	80,781	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	80,500	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	80,301	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	80,292	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	80,443	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	80,663	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	81,000	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	81,704	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	82,366	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	82,674	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	82,923	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	83,110	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	83,178	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	83,213	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	83,811	530

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.