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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	Sudan	Oman	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	2,348	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	2,403	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	2,457	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	2,510	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	2,562	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	2,613	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	2,663	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	2,713	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	2,764	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	2,816	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	2,871	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	2,928	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	2,986	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	3,047	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	3,110	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	3,174	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	3,240	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	3,307	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	3,375	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	3,444	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	3,512	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	3,582	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	3,651	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	3,696	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.

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