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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	Philippines	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	79,346	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	81,131	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	83,023	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	84,876	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	86,697	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	88,568	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	90,418	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	92,253	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	94,098	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	95,923	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	97,627	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	99,317	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	100,999	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	102,618	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	104,299	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	106,076	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	107,868	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	109,493	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	111,094	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	112,843	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	114,636	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	117,026	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	119,473	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	121,234	4,713

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.

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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.