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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 BarbadosPhilippinesOmanCongo - Kinshasa
27379,3462,34851,181
27481,1312,40352,782
27583,0232,45754,453
27684,8762,51056,170
27886,6972,56257,860
27988,5682,61359,599
28090,4182,66361,474
28192,2532,71363,479
28294,0982,76465,590
28395,9232,81667,800
28597,6272,87170,114
28699,3172,92872,550
287100,9992,98675,138
288102,6183,04777,792
289104,2993,11080,534
290106,0763,17483,368
291107,8683,24086,229
291109,4933,30789,193
292111,0943,37592,209
293112,8433,44495,232
294114,6363,51298,320
294117,0263,582101,499
295119,4733,651104,767
295121,2343,696108,171

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, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.