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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaltaThailandOmanMoldova
38759,7482,3484,244
39060,1652,4034,199
39360,7462,4574,154
39661,3232,5104,108
39861,8842,5624,059
40162,4252,6134,013
40462,9562,6633,966
40563,4672,7133,919
40663,9372,7643,873
40964,3812,8163,829
41264,8042,8713,788
41465,2082,9283,748
41665,5992,9863,709
42065,9703,0473,671
42666,3323,1103,633
43566,6733,1743,595
44566,9753,2403,558
45567,2503,3073,522
46867,5063,3753,485
48567,7503,4443,448
50467,9753,5123,412
51668,1803,5823,376
51868,3663,6513,339
53068,4573,6963,570

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