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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Israel	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,927	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	6,088	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	6,236	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	6,366	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	6,484	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	6,603	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	6,723	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,846	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,972	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	7,100	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	7,226	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,360	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,498	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	7,637	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	7,781	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	7,931	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	8,091	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	8,251	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	8,412	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	8,576	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	8,742	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	8,899	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	9,047	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	9,188	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

Israel

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

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.