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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	70	79,346	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	71	81,131	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	71	83,023	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	72	84,876	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	72	86,697	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	72	88,568	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	72	90,418	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	72	92,253	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	72	94,098	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	73	95,923	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	73	97,627	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	73	99,317	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	73	100,999	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	73	102,618	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	73	104,299	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	73	106,076	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	74	107,868	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	74	109,493	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	111,094	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	74	112,843	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	75	114,636	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	75	117,026	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	76	119,473	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	76	121,234	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.