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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	Nepal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	23,087	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	23,487	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	23,887	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	24,273	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	24,645	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	24,989	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	25,255	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	25,484	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	25,732	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	25,998	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	26,298	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	26,664	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	27,081	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	27,505	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	27,917	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	28,311	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	28,678	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	29,034	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	29,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	29,718	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	30,057	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	30,595	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	31,311	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	31,845	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 Nepal, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.