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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	Barbados	Luxembourg	Malta	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	387	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	390	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	393	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	396	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	398	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	401	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	404	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	405	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	406	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	409	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	412	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	414	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	416	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	420	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	426	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	435	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	445	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	455	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	468	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	485	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	504	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	516	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	518	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	530	121,234

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

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