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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	2,348	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	2,403	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	2,457	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	2,510	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	2,562	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	2,613	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	2,663	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	2,713	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	2,764	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	2,816	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	2,871	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	2,928	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	2,986	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	3,047	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	3,110	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	3,174	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	3,240	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	3,307	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	3,375	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	3,444	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	3,512	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	3,582	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	3,651	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	3,696	108,171	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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.