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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	79,346	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	81,131	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	83,023	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	84,876	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	86,697	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	88,568	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	90,418	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	92,253	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	94,098	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	95,923	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	97,627	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	99,317	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	100,999	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	102,618	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	104,299	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	106,076	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	107,868	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	109,493	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	111,094	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	112,843	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	114,636	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	117,026	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	119,473	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	121,234	18,494

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.