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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 BarbadosKenyaOmanPhilippines
27330,1922,34879,346
27431,0252,40381,131
27531,9192,45783,023
27632,8652,51084,876
27833,8462,56286,697
27934,8802,61388,568
28035,9612,66390,418
28137,0932,71392,253
28238,2482,76494,098
28339,4412,81695,923
28540,6682,87197,627
28641,9002,92899,317
28743,1982,986100,999
28844,4703,047102,618
28945,6393,110104,299
29046,8083,174106,076
29147,9833,240107,868
29149,0953,307109,493
29250,2013,375111,094
29351,3573,444112,843
29452,5223,512114,636
29453,6913,582117,026
29554,8673,651119,473
29555,9243,696121,234

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

Kenya

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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