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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	Iceland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	277	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	281	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	285	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	288	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	289	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	293	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	296	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	304	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	311	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	319	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	319	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	318	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	319	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	321	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	324	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	327	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	331	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	335	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	343	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	353	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	361	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	366	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	372	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	380	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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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