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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	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	79,346	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	81,131	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	83,023	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	84,876	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	86,697	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	88,568	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	90,418	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	92,253	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	94,098	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	95,923	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	97,627	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	99,317	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	100,999	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	102,618	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	104,299	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	106,076	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	107,868	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	109,493	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	111,094	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	112,843	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	114,636	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	117,026	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	119,473	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	121,234	3,696	3,570

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, Oman, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.