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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 BarbadosPhilippinesBangladeshLuxembourg
27379,346132,907433
27481,131135,207438
27583,023137,420443
27684,876139,573448
27886,697141,650454
27988,568143,644460
28090,418145,546467
28192,253147,376474
28294,098149,047482
28395,923150,562491
28597,627152,189500
28699,317153,927509
287100,999155,634521
288102,618157,326533
289104,299158,999547
290106,076160,650560
291107,868162,273571
291109,493163,938586
292111,094165,655599
293112,843167,358610
294114,636169,045623
294117,026170,709633
295119,473172,354643
295121,234174,217651

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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