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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	Lebanon	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,460	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,499	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	3,554	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,610	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,665	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,721	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,777	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,853	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,954	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	4,036	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	4,082	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	4,097	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	4,115	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	4,206	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	4,696	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	5,365	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	5,640	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	5,688	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	5,680	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	5,562	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	5,331	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	4,986	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	4,802	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	4,713	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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.