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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	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	34,280

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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