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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 BarbadosIcelandAzerbaijanPhilippines
2732778,05679,346
2742818,12781,131
2752858,19483,023
2762888,25784,876
2782898,31986,697
2792938,39188,568
2802968,47590,418
2813048,56592,253
2823118,65794,098
2833198,75095,923
2853198,84297,627
2863188,93399,317
2873199,025100,999
2883219,117102,618
2893249,210104,299
2903279,302106,076
2913319,393107,868
2913359,481109,493
2923439,567111,094
2933539,649112,843
2943619,727114,636
2943669,802117,026
2953729,874119,473
2953809,918121,234

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