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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	387	79,346	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	390	81,131	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	393	83,023	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	396	84,876	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	398	86,697	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	401	88,568	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	404	90,418	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	405	92,253	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	406	94,098	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	409	95,923	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	412	97,627	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	414	99,317	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	416	100,999	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	420	102,618	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	426	104,299	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	435	106,076	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	445	107,868	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	455	109,493	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	468	111,094	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	485	112,843	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	504	114,636	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	516	117,026	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	518	119,473	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	530	121,234	3,696	46,498

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