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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Portugal	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	70	10,144	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	71	10,215	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	71	10,288	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	72	10,344	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	72	10,383	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	72	10,408	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	72	10,427	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	72	10,446	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	72	10,467	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	73	10,482	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	73	10,492	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	73	10,497	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	73	10,481	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	73	10,439	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	73	10,382	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	73	10,326	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	74	10,283	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	74	10,251	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	74	10,226	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	74	10,209	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	75	10,212	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	75	10,223	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	76	10,214	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	76	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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; the database as a whole is cited above.