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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaltaLaosOmanThailand
3875,2862,34859,748
3905,3972,40360,165
3935,4992,45760,746
3965,5782,51061,323
3985,6542,56261,884
4015,7462,61362,425
4045,8362,66362,956
4055,9312,71363,467
4066,0352,76463,937
4096,1452,81664,381
4126,2572,87164,804
4146,3682,92865,208
4166,4772,98665,599
4206,5863,04765,970
4266,6953,11066,332
4356,8043,17466,673
4456,9123,24066,975
4557,0193,30767,250
4687,1273,37567,506
4857,2343,44467,750
5047,3433,51267,975
5167,4523,58268,180
5187,5603,65168,366
5307,6663,69668,457

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, Laos, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.