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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	Yemen	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	16,728	138
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	17,236	141
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	17,762	144
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	18,310	147
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	18,855	151
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	19,410	154
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	20,000	158
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	20,611	161
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	21,236	165
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	21,878	168
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	22,533	172
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	23,195	176
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	23,880	180
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	24,594	183
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	25,311	187
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	26,020	190
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	26,698	194
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	27,347	198
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	27,985	201
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	28,608	204
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	29,216	208
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	29,811	212
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	30,399	216
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	31,058	220

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 Yemen, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.