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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 BarbadosLaosPhilippinesSão Tomé & Príncipe
2735,28679,346138
2745,39781,131141
2755,49983,023144
2765,57884,876147
2785,65486,697151
2795,74688,568154
2805,83690,418158
2815,93192,253161
2826,03594,098165
2836,14595,923168
2856,25797,627172
2866,36899,317176
2876,477100,999180
2886,586102,618183
2896,695104,299187
2906,804106,076190
2916,912107,868194
2917,019109,493198
2927,127111,094201
2937,234112,843204
2947,343114,636208
2947,452117,026212
2957,560119,473216
2957,666121,234220

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

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, Laos, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.