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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	Malta	Afghanistan	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,206	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,461	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,507	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	396	23,600	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	398	25,005	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	401	25,698	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	404	26,335	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	405	27,154	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	406	27,387	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	409	27,706	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	412	28,484	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	414	29,121	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	416	29,758	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	420	30,420	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	426	31,108	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	435	31,823	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	445	32,564	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	455	33,332	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	468	34,125	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	485	34,941	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	504	35,972	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	516	37,034	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,127	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	530	39,252	68,457

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