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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Bosnia & HerzegovinaPhilippinesSaudi Arabia
3,81179,34619,964
3,90181,13120,426
3,91983,02320,956
3,92384,87621,549
3,94086,69722,189
3,97588,56822,850
3,99190,41823,516
3,99392,25324,178
3,99094,09824,841
3,98795,92325,518
3,98597,62726,227
3,98399,31727,068
3,980100,99927,810
3,977102,61828,516
3,973104,29929,220
3,968106,07629,936
3,963107,86830,646
3,957109,49331,360
3,951111,09432,184
3,944112,84332,869
3,937114,63633,661
3,929117,02634,542
3,921119,47333,651
3,876121,23434,081

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828