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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Finland	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,166	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,176	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,188	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,201	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,213	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,228	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,246	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,266	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	5,289	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	5,313	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	5,339	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	5,363	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	5,388	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,414	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,439	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,463	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,481	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,495	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,508	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,516	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,522	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	5,531	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	5,542	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	5,556	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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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.