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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	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	530	295

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