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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 BarbadosMaltaPhilippinesBosnia & Herzegovina
27338779,3463,811
27439081,1313,901
27539383,0233,919
27639684,8763,923
27839886,6973,940
27940188,5683,975
28040490,4183,991
28140592,2533,993
28240694,0983,990
28340995,9233,987
28541297,6273,985
28641499,3173,983
287416100,9993,980
288420102,6183,977
289426104,2993,973
290435106,0763,968
291445107,8683,963
291455109,4933,957
292468111,0943,951
293485112,8433,944
294504114,6363,937
294516117,0263,929
295518119,4733,921
295530121,2343,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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