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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	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.