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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	Nepal	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	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.

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