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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	Barbados	Bangladesh	Philippines	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	79,346	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	81,131	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	83,023	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	84,876	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	86,697	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	88,568	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	90,418	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	92,253	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	94,098	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	95,923	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	97,627	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	99,317	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	100,999	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	102,618	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	104,299	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	106,076	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	107,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	109,493	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	111,094	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	112,843	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	114,636	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	117,026	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	119,473	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	121,234	167

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.