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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	29,417

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