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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	Mali	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	10,596	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	10,833	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	10,890	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	11,007	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	11,307	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	11,579	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	11,804	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	12,043	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	12,337	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	12,657	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	12,986	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	13,325	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	13,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	14,040	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	14,412	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	14,803	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	15,210	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	15,629	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	16,060	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	16,507	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	16,967	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	17,442	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	17,930	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	18,494	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, Mali, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.