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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 BarbadosDominicaPhilippinesMalta
2737079,346387
2747181,131390
2757183,023393
2767284,876396
2787286,697398
2797288,568401
2807290,418404
2817292,253405
2827294,098406
2837395,923409
2857397,627412
2867399,317414
28773100,999416
28873102,618420
28973104,299426
29073106,076435
29174107,868445
29174109,493455
29274111,094468
29374112,843485
29475114,636504
29475117,026516
29576119,473518
29576121,234530

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, Dominica, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.