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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	Burkina Faso	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	11,075	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	11,405	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	11,828	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	12,380	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	12,829	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	13,178	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	13,540	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	13,917	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	14,309	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	14,722	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	15,152	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	15,600	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	16,064	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	16,563	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	17,072	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	17,575	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	18,094	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	18,621	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	19,157	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	19,698	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	20,242	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	20,788	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	21,336	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	21,889	1,087

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, Burkina Faso, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.