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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	Philippines	Afghanistan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	22,206	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	22,461	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	22,507	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	23,600	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	25,005	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	25,698	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	26,335	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	27,154	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	27,387	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	27,706	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	28,484	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	29,121	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	29,758	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	30,420	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	31,108	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	31,823	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	32,564	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	33,332	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	34,125	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	34,941	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	35,972	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	37,034	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	38,127	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	39,252	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 Afghanistan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.