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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	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	387	59,748	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	390	60,165	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	393	60,746	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	396	61,323	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	398	61,884	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	401	62,425	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	404	62,956	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,467	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	406	63,937	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	409	64,381	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	412	64,804	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	414	65,208	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	416	65,599	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	420	65,970	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	426	66,332	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	435	66,673	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	445	66,975	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	455	67,250	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	468	67,506	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	485	67,750	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	504	67,975	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	516	68,180	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	518	68,366	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	530	68,457	3,696

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