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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	Central African Republic	Philippines	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	79,346	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	81,131	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	83,023	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	84,876	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	86,697	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	88,568	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	90,418	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	92,253	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	94,098	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	95,923	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	97,627	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	99,317	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	100,999	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	102,618	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	104,299	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	106,076	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	107,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	109,493	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	111,094	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	112,843	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	114,636	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	117,026	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	119,473	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	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

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, Central African Republic, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.