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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	Moldova	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	4,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	4,199	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	4,154	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	4,108	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	4,059	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	4,013	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	3,966	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	3,919	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	3,873	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	3,829	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	3,788	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	3,748	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	3,709	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	3,671	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	3,633	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	3,595	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	3,558	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	3,522	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	3,485	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	3,448	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	3,412	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	3,376	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	3,339	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	3,570	167

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.

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