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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	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	47,625

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)