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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	Libya	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	4,993	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	5,116	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	5,237	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	5,357	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	5,476	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	5,595	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	5,715	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	5,835	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	5,967	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	6,115	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	6,270	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	6,432	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	6,144	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	5,849	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	6,010	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	6,163	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	6,291	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	6,415	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	6,549	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	6,689	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	6,826	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	6,960	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	7,088	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	7,169	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 Libya, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.