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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	Russia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	147,218	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	146,600	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	145,980	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	145,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	144,652	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	144,071	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	143,522	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	143,053	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	142,809	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	142,746	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	142,789	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	142,853	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	142,964	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	143,205	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	143,510	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	146,094	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	146,410	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	146,678	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	146,846	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	146,834	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	146,768	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	146,463	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	145,849	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	146,693	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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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