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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 BarbadosPhilippinesPuerto RicoLuxembourg
27379,3463,800433
27481,1313,811438
27583,0233,819443
27684,8763,824448
27886,6973,826454
27988,5683,827460
28090,4183,822467
28192,2533,805474
28294,0983,783482
28395,9233,761491
28597,6273,741500
28699,3173,722509
287100,9993,679521
288102,6183,636533
289104,2993,589547
290106,0763,534560
291107,8683,473571
291109,4933,411586
292111,0943,352599
293112,8433,295610
294114,6363,268623
294117,0263,247633
295119,4733,232643
295121,2343,228651

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, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.