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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	Denmark	Philippines	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	79,346	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	81,131	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	83,023	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	84,876	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	86,697	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	88,568	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	90,418	158
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	92,253	161
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	94,098	165
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	95,923	168
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	97,627	172
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	99,317	176
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	100,999	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	102,618	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	104,299	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	106,076	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	107,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	109,493	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	111,094	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	112,843	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	114,636	208
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	117,026	212
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	119,473	216
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	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 Denmark, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.