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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 MaltaThailandChile
38759,74815,140
39060,16515,340
39360,74615,513
39661,32315,686
39861,88415,859
40162,42516,029
40462,95616,222
40563,46716,364
40663,93716,536
40964,38116,700
41264,80416,864
41465,20816,999
41665,59917,189
42065,97017,378
42666,33217,545
43566,67317,720
44566,97517,904
45567,25018,099
46867,50618,350
48567,75018,681
50467,97519,035
51668,18019,385
51868,36619,604
53068,45719,715

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.