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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesTanzania
27327779,34632,912
27428181,13133,953
27528583,02334,974
27628884,87636,021
27828986,69737,100
27929388,56838,167
28029690,41839,262
28130492,25340,387
28231194,09841,557
28331995,92342,741
28531997,62743,889
28631899,31745,132
287319100,99946,531
288321102,61847,965
289324104,29949,437
290327106,07650,965
291331107,86852,604
291335109,49354,336
292343111,09456,062
293353112,84357,765
294361114,63659,465
294366117,02661,191
295372119,47362,944
295380121,23464,835

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