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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 BarbadosDominicaPhilippinesSwitzerland
2737079,3467,258
2747181,1317,296
2757183,0237,332
2767284,8767,384
2787286,6977,438
2797288,5687,488
2807290,4187,532
2817292,2537,579
2827294,0987,647
2837395,9237,738
2857397,6277,825
2867399,3177,884
28773100,9997,959
28873102,6188,044
28973104,2998,137
29073106,0768,237
29174107,8688,332
29174109,4938,423
29274111,0948,502
29374112,8438,565
29475114,6368,626
29475117,0268,689
29576119,4738,756
29576121,2348,834

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.

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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