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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	51,181	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	52,782	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	54,453	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	56,170	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	57,860	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	59,599	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	61,474	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	63,479	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	65,590	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	67,800	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	70,114	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	72,550	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	75,138	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	77,792	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	80,534	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	83,368	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	86,229	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	89,193	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	92,209	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	95,232	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	98,320	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	101,499	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	104,767	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	108,171	76

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.