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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 BarbadosIcelandSenegalPhilippines
27327710,07079,346
27428110,30581,131
27528510,57683,023
27628810,86484,876
27828911,17286,697
27929311,49888,568
28029611,83990,418
28130412,20492,253
28231112,58494,098
28331912,97895,923
28531913,38297,627
28631813,79499,317
28731914,226100,999
28832114,668102,618
28932415,121104,299
29032715,589106,076
29133116,066107,868
29133516,549109,493
29234317,044111,094
29335317,535112,843
29436118,021114,636
29436618,518117,026
29537219,016119,473
29538019,512121,234

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