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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Philippines	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	79,346	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	81,131	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	83,023	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	84,876	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	86,697	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	88,568	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	90,418	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	92,253	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	94,098	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	95,923	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	97,627	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	99,317	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	100,999	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	102,618	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	104,299	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	106,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	107,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	109,493	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	111,094	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	112,843	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	114,636	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	117,026	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	119,473	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	121,234	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.