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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	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	79,346	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	81,131	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	83,023	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	84,876	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	86,697	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	88,568	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	90,418	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	92,253	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	94,098	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	95,923	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	97,627	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	99,317	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	100,999	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	102,618	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	104,299	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	106,076	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	107,868	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	109,493	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	111,094	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	112,843	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	114,636	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	117,026	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	119,473	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	121,234	21,889	7,666

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, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.