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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Philippines	Brazil	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	174,320	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	176,902	274
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	179,389	275
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	181,721	276
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	183,970	278
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	186,165	279
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	188,330	280
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	190,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	192,450	282
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	194,458	283
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	196,464	285
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	198,408	286
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	200,152	287
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	201,894	288
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	203,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	205,358	290
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	207,148	291
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	208,859	291
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	210,537	292
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	212,258	293
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	213,940	294
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	215,577	294
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	216,720	295
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	217,718	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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.