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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 BarbadosSão Tomé & PríncipePhilippinesSudan
27313879,34626,168
27414181,13126,771
27514483,02327,387
27614784,87628,017
27815186,69728,662
27915488,56829,321
28015890,41829,996
28116192,25330,686
28216594,09831,393
28316895,92332,137
28517297,62733,078
28617699,31733,891
287180100,99934,568
288183102,61835,293
289187104,29936,093
290190106,07637,058
291194107,86838,165
291198109,49339,294
292201111,09440,512
293204112,84341,764
294208114,63642,952
294212117,02644,121
295216119,47345,290
295220121,23446,498

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.