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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	Luxembourg	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	433	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	438	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	443	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	448	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	454	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	460	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	467	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	474	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	482	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	491	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	500	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	509	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	521	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	533	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	547	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	560	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	571	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	586	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	599	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	610	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	623	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	633	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	643	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	651	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

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