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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 PhilippinesMaltaBarbados
79,346387273
81,131390274
83,023393275
84,876396276
86,697398278
88,568401279
90,418404280
92,253405281
94,098406282
95,923409283
97,627412285
99,317414286
100,999416287
102,618420288
104,299426289
106,076435290
107,868445291
109,493455291
111,094468292
112,843485293
114,636504294
117,026516294
119,473518295
121,234530295

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 Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.