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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	Thailand	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	387	59,748	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	390	60,165	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	393	60,746	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	396	61,323	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	398	61,884	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	401	62,425	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	404	62,956	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,467	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	406	63,937	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	409	64,381	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	412	64,804	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	414	65,208	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	416	65,599	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	420	65,970	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	426	66,332	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	435	66,673	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	445	66,975	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	455	67,250	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	468	67,506	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	485	67,750	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	504	67,975	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	516	68,180	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	518	68,366	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	530	68,457	47,625

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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