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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	South Africa	Burkina Faso	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	11,075	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	11,405	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	11,828	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	12,380	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	12,829	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	13,178	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	13,540	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	13,917	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	14,309	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	14,722	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	15,152	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	15,600	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	16,064	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	16,563	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	17,072	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	17,575	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	18,094	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	18,621	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	19,157	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	19,698	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	20,242	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	20,788	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	21,336	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	21,889	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.