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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	2,348	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	2,403	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	2,457	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	2,510	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	2,562	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	2,613	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	2,663	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	2,713	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	2,764	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	2,816	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	2,871	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	2,928	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	2,986	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	3,047	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	3,110	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	3,174	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	3,240	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	3,307	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	3,375	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	3,444	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	3,512	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	3,582	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	3,651	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	3,696	885

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