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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	Ghana	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.