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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	Seychelles	Philippines	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	79,346	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	81,131	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	83,023	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	84,876	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	86,697	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	88,568	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	90,418	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	92,253	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	94,098	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	95,923	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	97,627	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	99,317	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	100,999	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	102,618	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	104,299	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	106,076	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	107,868	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	109,493	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	111,094	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	112,843	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	114,636	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	117,026	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	119,473	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	121,234	7,432

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, Seychelles, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.