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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Thailand	Mexico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	97,242	387
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	98,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	99,599	393
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	100,863	396
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	102,132	398
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	103,334	401
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	104,508	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	105,738	405
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	107,083	406
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	108,554	409
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	110,061	412
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	111,468	414
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	112,826	416
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	114,163	420
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	115,471	426
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	116,757	435
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	118,017	445
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	117,444	455
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	118,799	468
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	120,289	485
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	121,872	504
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	123,260	516
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	124,462	518
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	125,247	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

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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