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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	387	6,587	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	390	6,646	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	393	6,695	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	396	6,725	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	398	6,712	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	401	6,765	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	404	6,794	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,838	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,897	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,938	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,953	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,004	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,052	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	420	7,130	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	426	7,159	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	435	7,209	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	445	7,271	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,316	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,372	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,432	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,487	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,460	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,392	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,387	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.

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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 Malta, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.