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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 BarbadosIcelandBelarusPhilippines
27327710,06479,346
27428110,03481,131
27528510,00083,023
2762889,95584,876
2782899,90586,697
2792939,85688,568
2802969,80790,418
2813049,76492,253
2823119,73494,098
2833199,71395,923
2853199,69797,627
2863189,68199,317
2873199,662100,999
2883219,643102,618
2893249,624104,299
2903279,605106,076
2913319,585107,868
2913359,564109,493
2923439,542111,094
2933539,519112,843
2943619,495114,636
2943669,469117,026
2953729,442119,473
2953809,400121,234

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