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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 MaltaThailandSeychelles
38759,74878
39060,16579
39360,74680
39661,32381
39861,88482
40162,42583
40462,95684
40563,46785
40663,93786
40964,38187
41264,80487
41465,20888
41665,59989
42065,97090
42666,33291
43566,67392
44566,97592
45567,25093
46867,50694
48567,75095
50467,97596
51668,18097
51868,36698
53068,45798

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