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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Philippines	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	387	79,346	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	390	81,131	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	393	83,023	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	396	84,876	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	398	86,697	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	401	88,568	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	404	90,418	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	405	92,253	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	406	94,098	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	409	95,923	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	412	97,627	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	414	99,317	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	416	100,999	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	420	102,618	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	426	104,299	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	435	106,076	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	445	107,868	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	455	109,493	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	468	111,094	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	485	112,843	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	504	114,636	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	516	117,026	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	518	119,473	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	530	121,234	13,087

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