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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 BarbadosLuxembourgPhilippinesEcuador
27343379,34612,268
27443881,13112,446
27544383,02312,629
27644884,87612,827
27845486,69713,074
27946088,56813,368
28046790,41813,661
28147492,25313,915
28248294,09814,133
28349195,92314,352
28550097,62714,569
28650999,31714,786
287521100,99915,002
288533102,61815,218
289547104,29915,433
290560106,07615,647
291571107,86815,860
291586109,49316,072
292599111,09416,282
293610112,84316,489
294623114,63616,693
294633117,02616,894
295643119,47317,093
295651121,23417,288

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.

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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