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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	Cameroon	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	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 Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.