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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	Liberia	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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.