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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	Qatar	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	627	152
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	659	153
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	691	154
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	724	155
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	757	156
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	850	157
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	1,001	157
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	1,153	158
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	1,306	159
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	1,460	160
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	1,615	160
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	1,770	161
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	1,904	162
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	2,010	162
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	2,103	163
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	2,187	163
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	2,261	164
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	2,326	164
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	2,384	165
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	2,435	166
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	2,480	166
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	2,519	167
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	2,553	167
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	2,559	167

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 Qatar, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.