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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	Latvia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	2,386	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	2,363	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	2,333	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	2,306	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	2,284	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	2,259	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	2,235	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	2,215	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	2,197	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	2,174	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	2,138	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	2,093	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	2,055	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	2,030	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	2,009	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	1,991	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	1,974	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	1,956	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	1,938	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	1,923	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	1,910	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	1,897	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	1,880	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	1,883	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 Latvia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.