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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Jordan	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	4,591	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	4,700	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,811	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,923	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,037	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,161	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,295	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,765	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,243	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,397	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,538	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,680	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,840	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,952	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	7,706	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	8,839	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	9,506	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	9,863	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	10,066	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	10,273	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	10,480	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	10,628	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	10,716	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	10,849	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

Jordan

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
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.