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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Thailand	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	68,457	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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.