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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesCyprus
27327779,346818
27428181,131826
27528583,023835
27628884,876845
27828986,697855
27929388,568867
28029690,418879
28130492,253894
28231194,098913
28331995,923937
28531997,627962
28631899,317988
287319100,9991,013
288321102,6181,029
289324104,2991,026
290327106,0761,015
291331107,8681,009
291335109,4931,014
292343111,0941,023
293353112,8431,036
294361114,6361,050
294366117,0261,062
295372119,4731,072
295380121,2341,087

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.