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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.