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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 BarbadosLuxembourgPhilippinesSwitzerland
27343379,3467,258
27443881,1317,296
27544383,0237,332
27644884,8767,384
27845486,6977,438
27946088,5687,488
28046790,4187,532
28147492,2537,579
28248294,0987,647
28349195,9237,738
28550097,6277,825
28650999,3177,884
287521100,9997,959
288533102,6188,044
289547104,2998,137
290560106,0768,237
291571107,8688,332
291586109,4938,423
292599111,0948,502
293610112,8438,565
294623114,6368,626
294633117,0268,689
295643119,4738,756
295651121,2348,834

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.

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.