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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	387	79,346	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	390	81,131	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	393	83,023	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	396	84,876	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	398	86,697	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	401	88,568	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	404	90,418	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	405	92,253	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	406	94,098	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	409	95,923	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	412	97,627	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	414	99,317	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	416	100,999	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	420	102,618	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	426	104,299	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	435	106,076	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	445	107,868	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	455	109,493	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	111,094	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	485	112,843	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	504	114,636	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	516	117,026	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	518	119,473	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	530	121,234	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.