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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesMali
27327779,34610,596
27428181,13110,833
27528583,02310,890
27628884,87611,007
27828986,69711,307
27929388,56811,579
28029690,41811,804
28130492,25312,043
28231194,09812,337
28331995,92312,657
28531997,62712,986
28631899,31713,325
287319100,99913,679
288321102,61814,040
289324104,29914,412
290327106,07614,803
291331107,86815,210
291335109,49315,629
292343111,09416,060
293353112,84316,507
294361114,63616,967
294366117,02617,442
295372119,47317,930
295380121,23418,494

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