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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	Burkina Faso	Australia	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	18,692	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	18,907	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	19,151	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	19,371	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	19,595	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	19,805	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	20,048	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	20,320	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	20,694	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	21,113	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	21,553	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	21,891	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	22,197	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	22,588	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	22,980	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	23,326	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	23,664	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	24,036	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	24,445	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	24,823	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	25,204	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	25,529	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	25,574	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	25,826	121,234

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.