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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Philippines	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	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.

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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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.