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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	387	59,748	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	390	60,165	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	393	60,746	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	396	61,323	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	398	61,884	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	401	62,425	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	404	62,956	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,467	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	406	63,937	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	409	64,381	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	412	64,804	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	414	65,208	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	416	65,599	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	420	65,970	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	426	66,332	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	435	66,673	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	445	66,975	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	455	67,250	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	468	67,506	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	485	67,750	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	504	67,975	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	516	68,180	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	518	68,366	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	530	68,457	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.