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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	Latvia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	2,386	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	2,363	274
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	2,333	275
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	2,306	276
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	2,284	278
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	2,259	279
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	2,235	280
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	2,215	281
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	2,197	282
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	2,174	283
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	2,138	285
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	2,093	286
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	2,055	287
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	2,030	288
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	2,009	289
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	1,991	290
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	1,974	291
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	1,956	291
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	1,938	292
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	1,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	1,910	294
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	1,897	294
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	1,880	295
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	1,883	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.

All data sources

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 Latvia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.