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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Indonesia	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	387	208,105	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	390	211,408	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	393	214,475	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	396	217,516	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	398	220,549	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	401	224,473	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	404	227,534	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	405	230,739	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	406	233,918	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	409	237,056	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	412	240,140	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	414	243,171	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	416	246,150	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	420	249,086	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	426	251,947	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	435	254,702	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	445	257,351	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	455	259,906	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	468	262,379	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	485	264,789	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	504	267,142	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	516	269,437	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	518	271,674	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	530	273,409	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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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.