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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	Laos	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	5,286	422
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	5,397	430
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	5,499	438
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	5,578	447
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	5,654	455
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	5,746	463
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	5,836	471
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	5,931	478
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	6,035	486
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	6,145	494
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	6,257	501
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	6,477	516
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	6,586	524
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	6,695	531
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	6,804	539
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	6,912	546
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	7,019	553
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	7,127	562
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	7,234	568
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	7,343	574
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	7,452	580
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	7,560	585
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	7,666	590

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 Laos, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.