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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	79,346	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	81,131	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	83,023	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	84,876	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	86,697	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	88,568	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	90,418	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	92,253	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	94,098	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	95,923	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	97,627	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	99,317	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	100,999	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	102,618	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	104,299	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	106,076	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	107,868	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	109,493	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	111,094	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	112,843	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	114,636	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	117,026	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	119,473	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	121,234	46,498

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