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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaltaPhilippinesParaguay
38779,3465,366
39081,1315,473
39383,0235,579
39684,8765,683
39886,6975,786
40188,5685,886
40490,4185,984
40592,2536,080
40694,0986,173
40995,9236,264
41297,6276,352
41499,3176,438
416100,9996,522
420102,6186,605
426104,2996,688
435106,0766,769
445107,8686,850
455109,4936,930
468111,0947,012
485112,8437,095
504114,6367,179
516117,0267,263
518119,4737,348
530121,2347,432

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