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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	Laos	Philippines	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	79,346	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	81,131	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	83,023	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	84,876	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	86,697	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	88,568	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	90,418	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	92,253	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	94,098	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	95,923	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	97,627	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	99,317	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	100,999	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	102,618	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	104,299	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	106,076	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	107,868	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	109,493	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	111,094	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	112,843	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	114,636	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	117,026	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	119,473	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	121,234	590

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

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, Laos, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.