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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	Philippines	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	79,346	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	81,131	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	83,023	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	84,876	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	86,697	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	88,568	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	90,418	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	92,253	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	94,098	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	95,923	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	97,627	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	99,317	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	100,999	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	102,618	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	104,299	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	106,076	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	107,868	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	109,493	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	111,094	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	112,843	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	114,636	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	117,026	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	119,473	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	121,234	937

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