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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	Iceland	Moldova	Philippines	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	79,346	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	81,131	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	83,023	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	84,876	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	86,697	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	88,568	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	90,418	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	92,253	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	94,098	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	95,923	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	97,627	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	99,317	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	100,999	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	102,618	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	104,299	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	106,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	107,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	109,493	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	111,094	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	112,843	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	114,636	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	117,026	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	119,473	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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