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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	Finland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	5,166	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	5,176	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	5,188	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	5,201	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	5,213	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	5,228	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	5,246	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	5,266	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	5,289	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	5,313	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	5,339	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	5,363	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	5,388	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	5,414	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	5,439	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	5,463	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	5,481	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	5,495	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	5,508	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	5,516	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	5,522	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	5,531	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	5,542	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	5,556	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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.