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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	Thailand	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	68,457	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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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