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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	Dominica	Philippines	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	70	79,346	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	71	81,131	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	71	83,023	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	72	84,876	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	72	86,697	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	72	88,568	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	72	90,418	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	72	92,253	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	72	94,098	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	73	95,923	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	73	97,627	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	73	99,317	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	73	100,999	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	73	102,618	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	73	104,299	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	73	106,076	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	74	107,868	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	74	109,493	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	74	111,094	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	74	112,843	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	75	114,636	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	75	117,026	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	76	119,473	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	76	121,234	23,796

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 Dominica, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.