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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	Luxembourg	Philippines	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	79,346	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	81,131	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	83,023	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	84,876	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	86,697	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	88,568	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	90,418	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	92,253	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	94,098	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	95,923	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	97,627	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	99,317	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	100,999	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	102,618	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	104,299	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	106,076	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	107,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	109,493	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	111,094	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	112,843	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	114,636	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	117,026	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	119,473	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	121,234	108,171

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, Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.