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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	31,058

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.

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