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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date PhilippinesOmanParaguayMalta
79,3462,3485,366387
81,1312,4035,473390
83,0232,4575,579393
84,8762,5105,683396
86,6972,5625,786398
88,5682,6135,886401
90,4182,6635,984404
92,2532,7136,080405
94,0982,7646,173406
95,9232,8166,264409
97,6272,8716,352412
99,3172,9286,438414
100,9992,9866,522416
102,6183,0476,605420
104,2993,1106,688426
106,0763,1746,769435
107,8683,2406,850445
109,4933,3076,930455
111,0943,3757,012468
112,8433,4447,095485
114,6363,5127,179504
117,0263,5827,263516
119,4733,6517,348518
121,2343,6967,432530

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