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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosPhilippinesSaudi Arabia
27379,34619,964
27481,13120,426
27583,02320,956
27684,87621,549
27886,69722,189
27988,56822,850
28090,41823,516
28192,25324,178
28294,09824,841
28395,92325,518
28597,62726,227
28699,31727,068
287100,99927,810
288102,61828,516
289104,29929,220
290106,07629,936
291107,86830,646
291109,49331,360
292111,09432,184
293112,84332,869
294114,63633,661
294117,02634,542
295119,47333,651
295121,23434,081

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.

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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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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