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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	Philippines	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	79,346	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	81,131	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	83,023	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	84,876	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	86,697	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	88,568	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	90,418	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	92,253	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	94,098	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	95,923	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	97,627	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	99,317	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	100,999	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	102,618	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	104,299	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	106,076	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	107,868	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	109,493	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	111,094	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	112,843	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	114,636	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	117,026	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	119,473	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	121,234	1,330

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