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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	Philippines	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	387	79,346	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	390	81,131	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	393	83,023	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	396	84,876	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	398	86,697	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	401	88,568	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	404	90,418	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	405	92,253	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	406	94,098	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	409	95,923	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	412	97,627	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	414	99,317	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	416	100,999	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	420	102,618	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	426	104,299	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	435	106,076	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	445	107,868	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	455	109,493	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	468	111,094	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	485	112,843	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	504	114,636	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	516	117,026	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	518	119,473	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	530	121,234	39,252

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

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.