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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date PhilippinesHong Kong SAR ChinaMalta
79,3466,587387
81,1316,646390
83,0236,695393
84,8766,725396
86,6976,712398
88,5686,765401
90,4186,794404
92,2536,838405
94,0986,897406
95,9236,938409
97,6276,953412
99,3177,004414
100,9997,052416
102,6187,130420
104,2997,159426
106,0767,209435
107,8687,271445
109,4937,316455
111,0947,372468
112,8437,432485
114,6367,487504
117,0267,460516
119,4737,392518
121,2347,387530

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 Hong Kong SAR China, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.