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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	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Thailand	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	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.

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

Zambia

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