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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 & HerzegovinaPuerto RicoPhilippines
3,8113,80079,346
3,9013,81181,131
3,9193,81983,023
3,9233,82484,876
3,9403,82686,697
3,9753,82788,568
3,9913,82290,418
3,9933,80592,253
3,9903,78394,098
3,9873,76195,923
3,9853,74197,627
3,9833,72299,317
3,9803,679100,999
3,9773,636102,618
3,9733,589104,299
3,9683,534106,076
3,9633,473107,868
3,9573,411109,493
3,9513,352111,094
3,9443,295112,843
3,9373,268114,636
3,9293,247117,026
3,9213,232119,473
3,8763,228121,234

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.

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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.

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.