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