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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 & HerzegovinaYemenPhilippines
3,81116,72879,346
3,90117,23681,131
3,91917,76283,023
3,92318,31084,876
3,94018,85586,697
3,97519,41088,568
3,99120,00090,418
3,99320,61192,253
3,99021,23694,098
3,98721,87895,923
3,98522,53397,627
3,98323,19599,317
3,98023,880100,999
3,97724,594102,618
3,97325,311104,299
3,96826,020106,076
3,96326,698107,868
3,95727,347109,493
3,95127,985111,094
3,94428,608112,843
3,93729,216114,636
3,92929,811117,026
3,92130,399119,473
3,87631,058121,234

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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.