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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	Romania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	22,414	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	22,262	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	22,106	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	21,931	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	21,828	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	21,704	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	21,571	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	21,443	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	21,129	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	20,779	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	20,607	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	20,485	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	20,385	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	20,296	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	20,224	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	20,151	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	20,055	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	19,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	19,823	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	19,713	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	19,622	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	19,496	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	19,351	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	19,266	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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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