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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 BarbadosIcelandCyprusPhilippines
27327781879,346
27428182681,131
27528583583,023
27628884584,876
27828985586,697
27929386788,568
28029687990,418
28130489492,253
28231191394,098
28331993795,923
28531996297,627
28631898899,317
2873191,013100,999
2883211,029102,618
2893241,026104,299
2903271,015106,076
2913311,009107,868
2913351,014109,493
2923431,023111,094
2933531,036112,843
2943611,050114,636
2943661,062117,026
2953721,072119,473
2953801,087121,234

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