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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	Uganda	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	23,408	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	24,195	390
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	24,992	393
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	25,846	396
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	26,661	398
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	27,414	401
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	28,200	404
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	29,021	405
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	29,846	406
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	30,647	409
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	31,469	412
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	32,343	414
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	33,257	416
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	34,234	420
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	35,271	426
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	36,419	435
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	37,673	445
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	39,157	455
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	40,879	468
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	42,329	485
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	43,639	504
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	45,120	516
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	46,645	518
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	48,065	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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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