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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	Philippines	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	79,346	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	81,131	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	83,023	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	84,876	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	86,697	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	88,568	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	90,418	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	92,253	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	94,098	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	95,923	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	97,627	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	99,317	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	100,999	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	102,618	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	104,299	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	106,076	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	107,868	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	109,493	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	111,094	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	112,843	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	114,636	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	117,026	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	119,473	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	121,234	7,666

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