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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	Portugal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	10,144	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	10,215	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	10,288	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	10,344	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	10,383	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	10,408	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	10,427	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	10,446	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	10,467	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	10,482	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	10,492	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	10,497	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	10,481	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	10,439	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	10,382	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	10,326	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	10,283	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	10,251	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	10,226	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	10,209	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	10,212	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	10,223	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	10,214	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	10,200	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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.