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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	79,346	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	81,131	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	83,023	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	84,876	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	86,697	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	88,568	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	90,418	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	92,253	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	94,098	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	95,923	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	97,627	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	99,317	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	100,999	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	102,618	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	104,299	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	106,076	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	107,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	109,493	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	111,094	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	112,843	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	114,636	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	117,026	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	119,473	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	121,234	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.