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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	Dominica	Philippines	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	79,346	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	81,131	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	83,023	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	84,876	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	86,697	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	88,568	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	90,418	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	92,253	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	94,098	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	95,923	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	97,627	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	99,317	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	100,999	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	102,618	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	104,299	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	106,076	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	107,868	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	109,493	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	111,094	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	112,843	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	114,636	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	117,026	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	119,473	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	121,234	2,559

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, Dominica, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.