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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	Nepal	Philippines	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	79,346	387
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	81,131	390
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	83,023	393
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	84,876	396
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	86,697	398
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	88,568	401
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	90,418	404
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	92,253	405
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	94,098	406
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	95,923	409
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	97,627	412
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	99,317	414
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	100,999	416
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	102,618	420
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	104,299	426
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	106,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	107,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	109,493	455
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	111,094	468
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	112,843	485
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	114,636	504
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	117,026	516
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	119,473	518
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	121,234	530

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 Nepal, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.