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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Philippines	Oman	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	2,348	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	2,403	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	2,457	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	2,510	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	2,562	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	2,613	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	2,663	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	2,713	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	2,764	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	2,816	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	2,871	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	2,928	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	2,986	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	3,047	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	3,110	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	3,174	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	3,240	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	3,307	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	3,375	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	3,444	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	3,512	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	3,582	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	3,651	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	3,696	25,808

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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