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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 BarbadosDominicaUgandaPhilippines
2737023,40879,346
2747124,19581,131
2757124,99283,023
2767225,84684,876
2787226,66186,697
2797227,41488,568
2807228,20090,418
2817229,02192,253
2827229,84694,098
2837330,64795,923
2857331,46997,627
2867332,34399,317
2877333,257100,999
2887334,234102,618
2897335,271104,299
2907336,419106,076
2917437,673107,868
2917439,157109,493
2927440,879111,094
2937442,329112,843
2947543,639114,636
2947545,120117,026
2957646,645119,473
2957648,065121,234

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

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.