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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 BarbadosCubaBurkina FasoPhilippines
27311,10811,07579,346
27411,14711,40581,131
27511,17911,82883,023
27611,21012,38084,876
27811,24112,82986,697
27911,26013,17888,568
28011,26813,54090,418
28111,26613,91792,253
28211,26114,30994,098
28311,25814,72295,923
28511,26015,15297,627
28611,26215,60099,317
28711,26416,064100,999
28811,26216,563102,618
28911,25017,072104,299
29011,23817,575106,076
29111,21418,094107,868
29111,18018,621109,493
29211,14719,157111,094
29311,11619,698112,843
29411,10520,242114,636
29411,08920,788117,026
29511,04621,336119,473
29511,00321,889121,234

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

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.