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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	China	Albania	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,248,899	3,085	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,258,401	3,065	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,267,178	3,047	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,275,379	3,038	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,283,064	3,026	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,290,620	3,014	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,298,245	2,998	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,305,116	2,979	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,311,877	2,957	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,318,559	2,934	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,324,993	2,915	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,331,357	2,900	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,339,549	2,892	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,349,537	2,888	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,357,520	2,882	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,366,654	2,876	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,373,406	2,868	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,382,401	2,863	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,390,136	2,861	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,395,398	2,854	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,400,035	2,842	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,402,060	2,825	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,402,537	2,799	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,401,693	2,787	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

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.