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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	Croatia	Burkina Faso	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,377	11,075	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,334	11,405	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,171	11,828	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	12,380	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,176	12,829	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,179	13,178	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,182	13,540	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,183	13,917	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,183	14,309	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,181	14,722	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,177	15,152	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,167	15,600	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,154	16,064	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	16,563	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,126	17,072	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,109	17,575	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,081	18,094	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,047	18,621	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,006	19,157	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,968	19,698	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,945	20,242	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,925	20,788	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,839	21,336	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,790	21,889	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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.