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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	Ethiopia	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	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.

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