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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesYemen
27327779,34616,728
27428181,13117,236
27528583,02317,762
27628884,87618,310
27828986,69718,855
27929388,56819,410
28029690,41820,000
28130492,25320,611
28231194,09821,236
28331995,92321,878
28531997,62722,533
28631899,31723,195
287319100,99923,880
288321102,61824,594
289324104,29925,311
290327106,07626,020
291331107,86826,698
291335109,49327,347
292343111,09427,985
293353112,84328,608
294361114,63629,216
294366117,02629,811
295372119,47330,399
295380121,23431,058

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