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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 ThailandFinlandMalta
59,7485,166387
60,1655,176390
60,7465,188393
61,3235,201396
61,8845,213398
62,4255,228401
62,9565,246404
63,4675,266405
63,9375,289406
64,3815,313409
64,8045,339412
65,2085,363414
65,5995,388416
65,9705,414420
66,3325,439426
66,6735,463435
66,9755,481445
67,2505,495455
67,5065,508468
67,7505,516485
67,9755,522504
68,1805,531516
68,3665,542518
68,4575,556530

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

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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