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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	Syria	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	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.

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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

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.