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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	Chile	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	15,140	387
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	15,340	390
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	15,513	393
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	15,686	396
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	15,859	398
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	16,029	401
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	16,222	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	16,364	405
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	16,536	406
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	16,700	409
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	16,864	412
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	16,999	414
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	17,189	416
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	17,378	420
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	17,545	426
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	17,720	435
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	17,904	445
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	18,099	455
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	18,350	468
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	18,681	485
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	19,035	504
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	19,385	516
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	19,604	518
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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