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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	Cameroon	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	15,483	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	15,913	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	16,354	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	16,815	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	17,289	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	17,764	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	18,249	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	18,746	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	19,278	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	19,843	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,419	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	21,002	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	21,586	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	22,181	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	22,800	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	23,513	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	24,273	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	24,995	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	25,680	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	26,373	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	27,114	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	27,878	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	28,663	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	29,417	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.

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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

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, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.