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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	Nepal	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	121,234	295

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.

All data sources

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 Nepal, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.