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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 MaltaMoldovaOmanThailand
3874,2442,34859,748
3904,1992,40360,165
3934,1542,45760,746
3964,1082,51061,323
3984,0592,56261,884
4014,0132,61362,425
4043,9662,66362,956
4053,9192,71363,467
4063,8732,76463,937
4093,8292,81664,381
4123,7882,87164,804
4143,7482,92865,208
4163,7092,98665,599
4203,6713,04765,970
4263,6333,11066,332
4353,5953,17466,673
4453,5583,24066,975
4553,5223,30767,250
4683,4853,37567,506
4853,4483,44467,750
5043,4123,51267,975
5163,3763,58268,180
5183,3393,65168,366
5303,5703,69668,457

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