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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 BarbadosSudanOmanPhilippines
27326,1682,34879,346
27426,7712,40381,131
27527,3872,45783,023
27628,0172,51084,876
27828,6622,56286,697
27929,3212,61388,568
28029,9962,66390,418
28130,6862,71392,253
28231,3932,76494,098
28332,1372,81695,923
28533,0782,87197,627
28633,8912,92899,317
28734,5682,986100,999
28835,2933,047102,618
28936,0933,110104,299
29037,0583,174106,076
29138,1653,240107,868
29139,2943,307109,493
29240,5123,375111,094
29341,7643,444112,843
29442,9523,512114,636
29444,1213,582117,026
29545,2903,651119,473
29546,4983,696121,234

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

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, Sudan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.