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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesGeorgia
27327779,3464,848
27428181,1314,814
27528583,0234,789
27628884,8764,771
27828986,6974,746
27929388,5684,739
28029690,4184,786
28130492,2534,826
28231194,0984,820
28331995,9234,819
28531997,6274,851
28631899,3174,898
287319100,9994,934
288321102,6184,946
289324104,2994,938
290327106,0764,931
291331107,8684,927
291335109,4934,924
292343111,0944,922
293353112,8434,922
294361114,6364,923
294366117,0264,926
295372119,4734,929
295380121,2344,911

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