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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	Malta	Albania	Burkina Faso	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	11,075	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	11,405	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	11,828	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	12,380	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	12,829	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	13,178	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	13,540	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	13,917	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	14,309	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	14,722	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	15,152	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	15,600	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	16,064	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	16,563	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	17,072	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	17,575	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	18,094	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	18,621	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	19,157	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	19,698	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	20,242	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	20,788	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	21,336	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	21,889	121,234

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 Malta, Albania, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.