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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	South Korea	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	46,617	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	47,008	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	47,370	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	47,645	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	47,892	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	48,083	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	48,185	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	48,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	48,684	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	49,055	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	49,308	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	49,554	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	49,937	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	50,200	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	50,429	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	50,747	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	51,015	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	51,218	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	51,362	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	51,585	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	51,765	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	51,836	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	51,745	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	51,731	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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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