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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.