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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	Turkmenistan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	4,324	387
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	4,385	390
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	4,444	393
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	4,502	396
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	4,556	398
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	4,608	401
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	4,664	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	4,719	405
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	4,773	406
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	4,828	409
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	4,884	412
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	4,940	414
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	4,996	416
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	5,053	420
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	5,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	5,169	435
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	5,227	445
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	5,287	455
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	5,346	468
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	5,405	485
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	5,464	504
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	5,522	516
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	5,579	518
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	5,657	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

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