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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	Mali	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,596	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,833	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,890	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	11,007	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	11,307	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	11,579	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	11,804	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	12,043	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	12,337	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	12,657	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	12,986	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	13,325	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	13,679	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	14,040	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	14,412	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	14,803	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	15,210	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	15,629	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	16,060	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	16,507	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	16,967	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	17,442	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	17,930	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	18,494	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, Malta, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.