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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	Cameroon	Thailand	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	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

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 Cameroon, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.