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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	Philippines	Paraguay	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	5,366	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	5,473	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	5,579	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	5,683	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	5,786	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	5,886	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	5,984	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	6,080	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	6,173	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	6,264	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	6,352	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	6,438	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	6,522	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	6,605	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	6,688	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	6,769	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	6,850	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	6,930	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	7,012	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	7,095	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	7,179	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	7,263	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	7,348	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	7,432	530

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