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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	Latvia	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,386	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,363	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,333	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,306	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,284	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,259	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,235	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,215	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,197	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,174	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,138	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,093	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,055	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,030	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,009	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,991	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,974	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,956	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,938	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,923	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,910	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,897	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,880	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,883	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

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, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.