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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 & HerzegovinaQatarPhilippines
3,81162779,346
3,90165981,131
3,91969183,023
3,92372484,876
3,94075786,697
3,97585088,568
3,9911,00190,418
3,9931,15392,253
3,9901,30694,098
3,9871,46095,923
3,9851,61597,627
3,9831,77099,317
3,9801,904100,999
3,9772,010102,618
3,9732,103104,299
3,9682,187106,076
3,9632,261107,868
3,9572,326109,493
3,9512,384111,094
3,9442,435112,843
3,9372,480114,636
3,9292,519117,026
3,9212,553119,473
3,8762,559121,234

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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.