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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	Saudi Arabia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	19,964	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	20,426	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	20,956	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	21,549	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	22,189	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	22,850	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	23,516	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	24,178	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	24,841	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	25,518	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	26,227	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	27,068	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	27,810	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	28,516	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	29,220	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	29,936	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	30,646	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	31,360	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	32,184	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	32,869	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	33,661	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	34,542	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	33,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	34,081	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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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