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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	North Macedonia	Philippines	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,006	79,346	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,017	81,131	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,026	83,023	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,011	84,876	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,018	86,697	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,024	88,568	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,028	90,418	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,031	92,253	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,035	94,098	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,038	95,923	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,042	97,627	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,046	99,317	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,049	100,999	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,052	102,618	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,055	104,299	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,058	106,076	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,061	107,868	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,063	109,493	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,065	111,094	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,067	112,843	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,068	114,636	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,065	117,026	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,057	119,473	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,048	121,234	2,559

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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