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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	Cape Verde	Albania	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	3,085	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	3,065	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	3,047	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	3,038	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	3,026	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	3,014	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	2,998	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	2,979	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	2,957	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	2,934	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	2,915	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,900	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	2,892	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	2,888	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	2,882	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	2,876	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	2,868	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	2,863	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	2,861	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	2,854	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	2,842	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	2,825	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	2,799	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	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

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