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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	St. Lucia	Laos	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	5,286	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	5,397	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	5,499	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	5,578	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	5,654	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	5,746	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	5,836	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	5,931	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	6,035	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	6,145	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	6,257	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	6,368	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	6,477	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	6,586	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	6,695	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	6,804	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	6,912	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	7,019	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	7,127	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	7,234	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	7,343	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	7,452	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	7,560	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	7,666	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

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, St. Lucia, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.