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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ThailandOmanLaosMalta
59,7482,3485,286387
60,1652,4035,397390
60,7462,4575,499393
61,3232,5105,578396
61,8842,5625,654398
62,4252,6135,746401
62,9562,6635,836404
63,4672,7135,931405
63,9372,7646,035406
64,3812,8166,145409
64,8042,8716,257412
65,2082,9286,368414
65,5992,9866,477416
65,9703,0476,586420
66,3323,1106,695426
66,6733,1746,804435
66,9753,2406,912445
67,2503,3077,019455
67,5063,3757,127468
67,7503,4447,234485
67,9753,5127,343504
68,1803,5827,452516
68,3663,6517,560518
68,4573,6967,666530

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