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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 SeychellesThailandMalta
7859,748387
7960,165390
8060,746393
8161,323396
8261,884398
8362,425401
8462,956404
8563,467405
8663,937406
8764,381409
8764,804412
8865,208414
8965,599416
9065,970420
9166,332426
9266,673435
9266,975445
9367,250455
9467,506468
9567,750485
9667,975504
9768,180516
9868,366518
9868,457530

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