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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 BarbadosDominicaPhilippinesThailand
2737079,34659,748
2747181,13160,165
2757183,02360,746
2767284,87661,323
2787286,69761,884
2797288,56862,425
2807290,41862,956
2817292,25363,467
2827294,09863,937
2837395,92364,381
2857397,62764,804
2867399,31765,208
28773100,99965,599
28873102,61865,970
28973104,29966,332
29073106,07666,673
29174107,86866,975
29174109,49367,250
29274111,09467,506
29374112,84367,750
29475114,63667,975
29475117,02668,180
29576119,47368,366
29576121,23468,457

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.

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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