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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	79,346	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	81,131	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	83,023	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	84,876	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	86,697	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	88,568	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	90,418	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	92,253	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	94,098	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	95,923	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	97,627	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	99,317	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	100,999	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	102,618	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	104,299	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	106,076	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	107,868	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	109,493	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	111,094	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	112,843	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	114,636	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	117,026	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	119,473	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	121,234	76

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