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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	Spain	Thailand	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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.