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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	117,924

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