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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	Yemen	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	121,234

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