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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	Oman	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	2,348	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	2,403	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	2,457	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	2,510	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	2,562	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	2,613	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	2,663	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	2,713	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	2,764	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	2,816	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	2,871	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	2,928	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	2,986	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	3,047	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	3,110	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	3,174	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	3,240	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	3,307	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	3,375	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	3,444	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	3,512	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	3,582	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	3,651	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	3,696	2,787	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.

All data sources

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