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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaltaSeychellesThailand
3877859,748
3907960,165
3938060,746
3968161,323
3988261,884
4018362,425
4048462,956
4058563,467
4068663,937
4098764,381
4128764,804
4148865,208
4168965,599
4209065,970
4269166,332
4359266,673
4459266,975
4559367,250
4689467,506
4859567,750
5049667,975
5169768,180
5189868,366
5309868,457

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.