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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 BarbadosPhilippinesSão Tomé & Príncipe
27379,346138
27481,131141
27583,023144
27684,876147
27886,697151
27988,568154
28090,418158
28192,253161
28294,098165
28395,923168
28597,627172
28699,317176
287100,999180
288102,618183
289104,299187
290106,076190
291107,868194
291109,493198
292111,094201
293112,843204
294114,636208
294117,026212
295119,473216
295121,234220

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.