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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 FasoSt. Lucia
27379,34611,075152
27481,13111,405153
27583,02311,828154
27684,87612,380155
27886,69712,829156
27988,56813,178157
28090,41813,540157
28192,25313,917158
28294,09814,309159
28395,92314,722160
28597,62715,152160
28699,31715,600161
287100,99916,064162
288102,61816,563162
289104,29917,072163
290106,07617,575163
291107,86818,094164
291109,49318,621164
292111,09419,157165
293112,84319,698166
294114,63620,242166
294117,02620,788167
295119,47321,336167
295121,23421,889167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.