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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 ThailandOmanMoldovaMalta
59,7482,3484,244387
60,1652,4034,199390
60,7462,4574,154393
61,3232,5104,108396
61,8842,5624,059398
62,4252,6134,013401
62,9562,6633,966404
63,4672,7133,919405
63,9372,7643,873406
64,3812,8163,829409
64,8042,8713,788412
65,2082,9283,748414
65,5992,9863,709416
65,9703,0473,671420
66,3323,1103,633426
66,6733,1743,595435
66,9753,2403,558445
67,2503,3073,522455
67,5063,3753,485468
67,7503,4443,448485
67,9753,5123,412504
68,1803,5823,376516
68,3663,6513,339518
68,4573,6963,570530

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