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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 BarbadosParaguayPhilippines
2735,36679,346
2745,47381,131
2755,57983,023
2765,68384,876
2785,78686,697
2795,88688,568
2805,98490,418
2816,08092,253
2826,17394,098
2836,26495,923
2856,35297,627
2866,43899,317
2876,522100,999
2886,605102,618
2896,688104,299
2906,769106,076
2916,850107,868
2916,930109,493
2927,012111,094
2937,095112,843
2947,179114,636
2947,263117,026
2957,348119,473
2957,432121,234

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.

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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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.