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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	Sudan	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	26,168	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	26,771	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	27,387	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	28,017	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	28,662	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	29,321	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	29,996	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	30,686	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	31,393	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	32,137	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	33,078	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	33,891	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	34,568	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	35,293	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	36,093	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	37,058	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	38,165	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	39,294	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	40,512	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	41,764	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	42,952	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	44,121	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	45,290	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	46,498	121,234

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