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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	Jordan	Sudan	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	26,168	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	26,771	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	27,387	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	28,017	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	28,662	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	29,321	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	29,996	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	30,686	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	31,393	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	32,137	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	33,078	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	33,891	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	34,568	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	35,293	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	36,093	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	37,058	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	38,165	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	39,294	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	40,512	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	41,764	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	42,952	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	44,121	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	45,290	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	46,498	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

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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