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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date São Tomé & PríncipePhilippinesMalta
13879,346387
14181,131390
14483,023393
14784,876396
15186,697398
15488,568401
15890,418404
16192,253405
16594,098406
16895,923409
17297,627412
17699,317414
180100,999416
183102,618420
187104,299426
190106,076435
194107,868445
198109,493455
201111,094468
204112,843485
208114,636504
212117,026516
216119,473518
220121,234530

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.

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.