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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 BarbadosPhilippinesBrazilQatar
27379,346174,320627
27481,131176,902659
27583,023179,389691
27684,876181,721724
27886,697183,970757
27988,568186,165850
28090,418188,3301,001
28192,253190,4381,153
28294,098192,4501,306
28395,923194,4581,460
28597,627196,4641,615
28699,317198,4081,770
287100,999200,1521,904
288102,618201,8942,010
289104,299203,6142,103
290106,076205,3582,187
291107,868207,1482,261
291109,493208,8592,326
292111,094210,5372,384
293112,843212,2582,435
294114,636213,9402,480
294117,026215,5772,519
295119,473216,7202,553
295121,234217,7182,559

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.

Brazil

  • 1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
  • 1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
  • 1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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