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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosAlbaniaBurkina FasoPhilippines
2733,08511,07579,346
2743,06511,40581,131
2753,04711,82883,023
2763,03812,38084,876
2783,02612,82986,697
2793,01413,17888,568
2802,99813,54090,418
2812,97913,91792,253
2822,95714,30994,098
2832,93414,72295,923
2852,91515,15297,627
2862,90015,60099,317
2872,89216,064100,999
2882,88816,563102,618
2892,88217,072104,299
2902,87617,575106,076
2912,86818,094107,868
2912,86318,621109,493
2922,86119,157111,094
2932,85419,698112,843
2942,84220,242114,636
2942,82520,788117,026
2952,79921,336119,473
2952,78721,889121,234

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.

All data sources

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Albania, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.