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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	Philippines	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	39,252

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