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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	Philippines	Burkina Faso	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	11,075	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	11,405	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	11,828	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	12,380	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	12,829	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	13,178	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	13,540	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	13,917	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	14,309	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	14,722	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	15,152	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	15,600	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	16,064	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	16,563	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	17,072	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	17,575	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	18,094	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	18,621	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	19,157	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	19,698	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	20,242	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	20,788	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	21,336	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	21,889	295	651

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 Burkina Faso, Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.