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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	138	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	141	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	144	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	147	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	151	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	154	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	158	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	161	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	165	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	168	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	172	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	176	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	180	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	183	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	187	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	190	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	194	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	198	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	201	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	204	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	208	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	212	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	216	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	220	6,291

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.