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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	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, Cape Verde, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.