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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 BarbadosMaltaPhilippinesLuxembourg
27338779,346433
27439081,131438
27539383,023443
27639684,876448
27839886,697454
27940188,568460
28040490,418467
28140592,253474
28240694,098482
28340995,923491
28541297,627500
28641499,317509
287416100,999521
288420102,618533
289426104,299547
290435106,076560
291445107,868571
291455109,493586
292468111,094599
293485112,843610
294504114,636623
294516117,026633
295518119,473643
295530121,234651

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.

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