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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 BarbadosCôte d’IvoireOmanPhilippines
27317,1062,34879,346
27417,5522,40381,131
27518,0102,45783,023
27618,4382,51084,876
27818,8952,56286,697
27919,4322,61388,568
28019,9682,66390,418
28120,5122,71392,253
28221,0972,76494,098
28321,6992,81695,923
28522,2852,87197,627
28622,8452,92899,317
28723,3432,986100,999
28823,8793,047102,618
28924,4923,110104,299
29025,1043,174106,076
29125,7193,240107,868
29126,3483,307109,493
29226,9843,375111,094
29327,6143,444112,843
29428,2523,512114,636
29428,8953,582117,026
29529,5463,651119,473
29530,2793,696121,234

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, Côte d’Ivoire, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.