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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 BarbadosIcelandCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
27327751,18179,346
27428152,78281,131
27528554,45383,023
27628856,17084,876
27828957,86086,697
27929359,59988,568
28029661,47490,418
28130463,47992,253
28231165,59094,098
28331967,80095,923
28531970,11497,627
28631872,55099,317
28731975,138100,999
28832177,792102,618
28932480,534104,299
29032783,368106,076
29133186,229107,868
29133589,193109,493
29234392,209111,094
29335395,232112,843
29436198,320114,636
294366101,499117,026
295372104,767119,473
295380108,171121,234

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.