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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 BarbadosPalestinian TerritoriesEcuadorPhilippines
2732,99612,26879,346
2743,07512,44681,131
2753,15512,62983,023
2763,23512,82784,876
2783,31513,07486,697
2793,39613,36888,568
2803,47813,66190,418
2813,55913,91592,253
2823,64214,13394,098
2833,72714,35295,923
2853,81714,56997,627
2863,90714,78699,317
2873,99715,002100,999
2884,08815,218102,618
2894,17815,433104,299
2904,26915,647106,076
2914,35915,860107,868
2914,45116,072109,493
2924,53316,282111,094
2934,61516,489112,843
2944,71516,693114,636
2944,82016,894117,026
2954,93017,093119,473
2955,04217,288121,234

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

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.