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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesSão Tomé & Príncipe
27327779,346138
27428181,131141
27528583,023144
27628884,876147
27828986,697151
27929388,568154
28029690,418158
28130492,253161
28231194,098165
28331995,923168
28531997,627172
28631899,317176
287319100,999180
288321102,618183
289324104,299187
290327106,076190
291331107,868194
291335109,493198
292343111,094201
293353112,843204
294361114,636208
294366117,026212
295372119,473216
295380121,234220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.