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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	Thailand	Afghanistan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	22,206	387
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	22,461	390
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	22,507	393
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	23,600	396
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	25,005	398
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	25,698	401
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	26,335	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	27,154	405
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	27,387	406
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	27,706	409
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	28,484	412
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	29,121	414
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	29,758	416
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	30,420	420
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	31,108	426
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	31,823	435
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	32,564	445
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	33,332	455
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	34,125	468
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	34,941	485
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	35,972	504
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	37,034	516
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	38,127	518
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	39,252	530

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