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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	Iceland	Thailand	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	3,570	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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