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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	Canada	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	30,510	78
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	30,796	79
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	31,132	80
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	31,473	81
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	31,758	82
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	32,055	83
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	32,360	84
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	32,688	85
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	33,007	86
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	33,367	87
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	33,750	87
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	34,127	88
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	34,463	89
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	34,839	90
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	35,209	91
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	35,565	92
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	35,831	92
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	36,239	93
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	36,677	94
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	37,198	95
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	37,736	96
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	38,174	97
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	38,383	98
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	38,685	98

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.

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

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