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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	Benin	Philippines	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	79,346	138
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	81,131	141
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	83,023	144
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	84,876	147
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	86,697	151
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	88,568	154
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	90,418	158
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	92,253	161
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	94,098	165
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	95,923	168
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	97,627	172
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	99,317	176
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	100,999	180
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	102,618	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	104,299	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	106,076	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	107,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	109,493	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	111,094	201
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	112,843	204
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	114,636	208
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	117,026	212
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	119,473	216
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	121,234	220

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 Benin, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.