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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 BarbadosLuxembourgBosnia & HerzegovinaPhilippines
2734333,81179,346
2744383,90181,131
2754433,91983,023
2764483,92384,876
2784543,94086,697
2794603,97588,568
2804673,99190,418
2814743,99392,253
2824823,99094,098
2834913,98795,923
2855003,98597,627
2865093,98399,317
2875213,980100,999
2885333,977102,618
2895473,973104,299
2905603,968106,076
2915713,963107,868
2915863,957109,493
2925993,951111,094
2936103,944112,843
2946233,937114,636
2946333,929117,026
2956433,921119,473
2956513,876121,234

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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