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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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

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.

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