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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	387	79,346	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	390	81,131	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	393	83,023	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	396	84,876	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	398	86,697	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	401	88,568	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	404	90,418	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	405	92,253	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	406	94,098	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	409	95,923	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	412	97,627	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	414	99,317	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	416	100,999	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	420	102,618	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	426	104,299	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	435	106,076	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	445	107,868	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	455	109,493	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	468	111,094	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	485	112,843	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	504	114,636	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	516	117,026	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	518	119,473	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	530	121,234	3,333

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