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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Thailand	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	68,457	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.

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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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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.