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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 MalaysiaOmanPhilippines
22,1322,34879,346
22,6952,40381,131
23,2912,45783,023
23,8742,51084,876
24,4372,56286,697
24,9932,61388,568
25,5432,66390,418
26,0862,71392,253
26,6202,76494,098
27,1612,81695,923
27,7152,87197,627
28,2682,92899,317
28,7502,986100,999
29,1633,047102,618
29,5683,110104,299
29,9773,174106,076
30,3873,240107,868
30,7823,307109,493
31,1643,375111,094
31,5393,444112,843
31,9033,512114,636
32,2573,582117,026
32,6033,651119,473
32,9563,696121,234

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

Malaysia

  • 1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.