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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Philippines	Cuba	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	11,108	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	11,147	274
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	11,179	275
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	11,210	276
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	11,241	278
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	11,260	279
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	11,268	280
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	11,266	281
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	11,261	282
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	11,258	283
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	11,260	285
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	11,262	286
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	11,264	287
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	11,262	288
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	11,250	289
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	11,238	290
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	11,214	291
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	11,180	291
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	11,147	292
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	11,116	293
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	11,105	294
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	11,089	294
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	11,046	295
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	11,003	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.

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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.

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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