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

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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.

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.