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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Philippines	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	79,346	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	81,131	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	83,023	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	84,876	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	86,697	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	88,568	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	90,418	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	92,253	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	94,098	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	95,923	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	97,627	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	99,317	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	100,999	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	102,618	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	104,299	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	106,076	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	107,868	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	109,493	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	111,094	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	112,843	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	114,636	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	117,026	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	119,473	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	121,234	3,570

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.