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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 BarbadosIcelandSierra LeonePhilippines
2732773,73679,346
2742813,80981,131
2752854,04383,023
2762884,28784,876
2782894,46686,697
2792934,60288,568
2802964,70890,418
2813044,81892,253
2823114,91894,098
2833195,02395,923
2853195,13297,627
2863185,24699,317
2873195,364100,999
2883215,486102,618
2893245,613104,299
2903275,744106,076
2913315,879107,868
2913356,019109,493
2923436,163111,094
2933536,312112,843
2943616,461114,636
2943666,611117,026
2953726,761119,473
2953806,910121,234

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.