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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	Oman	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	2,348	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	2,403	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	2,457	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	2,510	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	2,562	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	2,613	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	2,663	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	2,713	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	2,764	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	2,816	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	2,871	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	2,986	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	3,047	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	3,110	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	3,174	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	3,240	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	3,307	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	3,375	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	3,444	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	3,512	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	3,582	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	3,651	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	3,696	590

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, Oman, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.