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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	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	108,171	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

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, Benin, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.