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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 BarbadosPhilippinesBurkina FasoGeorgia
27379,34611,0754,848
27481,13111,4054,814
27583,02311,8284,789
27684,87612,3804,771
27886,69712,8294,746
27988,56813,1784,739
28090,41813,5404,786
28192,25313,9174,826
28294,09814,3094,820
28395,92314,7224,819
28597,62715,1524,851
28699,31715,6004,898
287100,99916,0644,934
288102,61816,5634,946
289104,29917,0724,938
290106,07617,5754,931
291107,86818,0944,927
291109,49318,6214,924
292111,09419,1574,922
293112,84319,6984,922
294114,63620,2424,923
294117,02620,7884,926
295119,47321,3364,929
295121,23421,8894,911

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, Burkina Faso, Georgia; the database as a whole is cited above.