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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	Cameroon	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	387	15,483	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	390	15,913	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	393	16,354	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	396	16,815	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	398	17,289	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	401	17,764	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	404	18,249	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	405	18,746	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	406	19,278	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	409	19,843	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,419	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	414	21,002	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	416	21,586	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	420	22,181	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	426	22,800	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	435	23,513	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	445	24,273	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	455	24,995	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	468	25,680	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	485	26,373	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	504	27,114	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	516	27,878	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	518	28,663	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	530	29,417	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, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.