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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	Cameroon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	15,483	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	15,913	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	16,354	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	16,815	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	17,289	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	17,764	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	18,249	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	18,746	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	19,278	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	19,843	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	20,419	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	21,002	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	21,586	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	22,181	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	22,800	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	23,513	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	24,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	24,995	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	25,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	26,373	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	27,114	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	27,878	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	28,663	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	29,417	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 Cameroon, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.