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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 BarbadosDominicaSaudi ArabiaPhilippines
2737019,96479,346
2747120,42681,131
2757120,95683,023
2767221,54984,876
2787222,18986,697
2797222,85088,568
2807223,51690,418
2817224,17892,253
2827224,84194,098
2837325,51895,923
2857326,22797,627
2867327,06899,317
2877327,810100,999
2887328,516102,618
2897329,220104,299
2907329,936106,076
2917430,646107,868
2917431,360109,493
2927432,184111,094
2937432,869112,843
2947533,661114,636
2947534,542117,026
2957633,651119,473
2957634,081121,234

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.