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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 BarbadosMaltaPhilippinesGermany
27338779,34681,439
27439081,13181,474
27539383,02381,534
27639684,87681,595
27839886,69781,566
27940188,56881,473
28040490,41881,354
28140592,25381,190
28240694,09881,009
28340995,92380,781
28541297,62780,500
28641499,31780,301
287416100,99980,292
288420102,61880,443
289426104,29980,663
290435106,07681,000
291445107,86881,704
291455109,49382,366
292468111,09482,674
293485112,84382,923
294504114,63683,110
294516117,02683,178
295518119,47383,213
295530121,23483,811

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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