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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	Burkina Faso	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	11,075	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	11,405	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	11,828	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	12,380	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	12,829	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	13,178	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	13,540	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	13,917	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	14,309	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	14,722	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	15,152	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	15,600	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	16,064	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	16,563	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	17,072	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	17,575	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	18,094	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	18,621	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	19,157	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	19,698	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	20,242	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	20,788	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	21,336	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	21,889	295	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.

All data sources

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 Burkina Faso, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.