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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	138	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	141	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	144	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	147	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	151	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	154	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	158	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	161	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	165	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	168	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	172	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	176	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	180	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	183	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	187	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	190	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	194	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	198	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	201	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	204	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	208	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	212	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	216	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	220	174,217

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.