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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date TunisiaOmanPhilippinesMalta
9,4172,34879,346387
9,5142,40381,131390
9,6132,45783,023393
9,7112,51084,876396
9,8102,56286,697398
9,9062,61388,568401
9,9972,66390,418404
10,0872,71392,253405
10,1782,76494,098406
10,2742,81695,923409
10,3772,87197,627412
10,4912,92899,317414
10,6122,986100,999416
10,7373,047102,618420
10,8663,110104,299426
10,9963,174106,076435
11,1243,240107,868445
11,2483,307109,493455
11,3653,375111,094468
11,4773,444112,843485
11,5833,512114,636504
11,6813,582117,026516
11,7723,651119,473518
11,8623,696121,234530

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.

All data sources

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 Tunisia, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.