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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	Senegal	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,070	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,305	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,576	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,864	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	398	11,172	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	401	11,498	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	404	11,839	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	405	12,204	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	406	12,584	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	409	12,978	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	412	13,382	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	414	13,794	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	416	14,226	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	420	14,668	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	426	15,121	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	435	15,589	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	445	16,066	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	455	16,549	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	468	17,044	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	485	17,535	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	504	18,021	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	516	18,518	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,016	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,512	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, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.