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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	Thailand	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	59,748	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	60,165	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	60,746	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	61,323	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	61,884	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	62,425	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	62,956	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	63,467	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	63,937	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	64,381	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	64,804	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	65,208	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	65,599	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	65,970	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	66,332	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	66,673	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	66,975	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	67,250	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	67,506	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	67,750	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	67,975	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	68,180	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	68,366	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	68,457	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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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; the database as a whole is cited above.