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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	Qatar	São Tomé & Príncipe	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	627	138	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	659	141	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	691	144	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	724	147	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	757	151	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	850	154	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	158	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	161	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	165	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	168	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	172	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	176	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	180	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	183	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	187	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	190	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	194	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	198	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	201	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	204	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	208	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	212	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	216	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	220	121,234

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