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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	Denmark	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	5,322	138
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	5,339	141
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	5,358	144
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	5,377	147
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	5,391	151
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	5,404	154
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	5,420	158
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	5,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	5,461	165
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	5,494	168
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	5,524	172
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	5,548	176
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	5,571	180
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	5,592	183
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	5,614	187
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	5,644	190
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	5,683	194
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	5,730	198
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	5,766	201
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	5,795	204
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	5,818	208
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	5,831	212
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	5,855	216
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	5,907	220

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.

No separate list is published for Denmark, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.