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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	79,346	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	81,131	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	83,023	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	84,876	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	86,697	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	88,568	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	90,418	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	92,253	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	94,098	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	95,923	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	97,627	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	99,317	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	100,999	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	102,618	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	104,299	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	106,076	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	107,868	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	109,493	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	111,094	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	112,843	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	114,636	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	117,026	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	119,473	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	121,234	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.