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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	Malta	Germany	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	81,439	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	81,474	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	81,534	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	81,595	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	81,566	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	81,473	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	81,354	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	81,190	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	81,009	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	80,781	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	80,500	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	80,301	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	80,292	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	80,443	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,663	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	81,000	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	81,704	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	82,366	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	82,674	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	82,923	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	83,110	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	83,178	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	83,213	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	83,811	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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