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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMalawiPhilippines
27311,31079,346
27411,65881,131
27512,02083,023
27612,39584,876
27812,78686,697
27913,19688,568
28013,62590,418
28114,07292,253
28214,53994,098
28315,02695,923
28515,52597,627
28616,02899,317
28716,534100,999
28817,042102,618
28917,551104,299
29018,060106,076
29118,571107,868
29119,086109,493
29219,603111,094
29320,122112,843
29420,640114,636
29421,159117,026
29521,677119,473
29522,239121,234

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.

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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

Malawi

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.