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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	Yemen	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	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

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