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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 BarbadosIcelandTanzaniaPhilippines
27327732,91279,346
27428133,95381,131
27528534,97483,023
27628836,02184,876
27828937,10086,697
27929338,16788,568
28029639,26290,418
28130440,38792,253
28231141,55794,098
28331942,74195,923
28531943,88997,627
28631845,13299,317
28731946,531100,999
28832147,965102,618
28932449,437104,299
29032750,965106,076
29133152,604107,868
29133554,336109,493
29234356,062111,094
29335357,765112,843
29436159,465114,636
29436661,191117,026
29537262,944119,473
29538064,835121,234

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