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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	Oman	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	121,234	295

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.