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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	13,439

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