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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	Uganda	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.