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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesEstonia
27327779,3461,378
27428181,1311,400
27528583,0231,391
27628884,8761,382
27828986,6971,374
27929388,5681,365
28029690,4181,357
28130492,2531,349
28231194,0981,341
28331995,9231,337
28531997,6271,334
28631899,3171,332
287319100,9991,328
288321102,6181,324
289324104,2991,319
290327106,0761,314
291331107,8681,312
291335109,4931,314
292343111,0941,314
293353112,8431,318
294361114,6361,323
294366117,0261,327
295372119,4731,329
295380121,2341,330

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