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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	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	2,348	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	2,403	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	2,457	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	2,510	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	2,562	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	2,613	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	2,663	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	2,713	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	2,764	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	2,816	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	2,871	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	2,928	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	2,986	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	3,047	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	3,110	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	3,174	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	3,240	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	3,307	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	3,375	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	3,444	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	3,512	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	3,582	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	3,651	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	3,696	1,087

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