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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	Malta	Laos	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	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.

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, Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.