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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	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	51,332

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.

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.