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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AfghanistanPhilippinesMalta
22,20679,346387
22,46181,131390
22,50783,023393
23,60084,876396
25,00586,697398
25,69888,568401
26,33590,418404
27,15492,253405
27,38794,098406
27,70695,923409
28,48497,627412
29,12199,317414
29,758100,999416
30,420102,618420
31,108104,299426
31,823106,076435
32,564107,868445
33,332109,493455
34,125111,094468
34,941112,843485
35,972114,636504
37,034117,026516
38,127119,473518
39,252121,234530

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

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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