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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 BarbadosIcelandAlbaniaPhilippines
2732773,08579,346
2742813,06581,131
2752853,04783,023
2762883,03884,876
2782893,02686,697
2792933,01488,568
2802962,99890,418
2813042,97992,253
2823112,95794,098
2833192,93495,923
2853192,91597,627
2863182,90099,317
2873192,892100,999
2883212,888102,618
2893242,882104,299
2903272,876106,076
2913312,868107,868
2913352,863109,493
2923432,861111,094
2933532,854112,843
2943612,842114,636
2943662,825117,026
2953722,799119,473
2953802,787121,234

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.