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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Spain	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	40,378	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	40,563	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	40,775	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	41,433	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	42,205	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	42,869	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	43,672	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	44,370	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	45,246	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	45,993	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	46,378	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	46,573	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	46,746	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	46,777	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	46,603	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	46,465	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	46,420	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	46,460	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	46,543	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	46,739	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	47,116	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	47,366	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	47,342	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	47,625	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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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.