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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 BangladeshPuerto RicoPhilippines
132,9073,80079,346
135,2073,81181,131
137,4203,81983,023
139,5733,82484,876
141,6503,82686,697
143,6443,82788,568
145,5463,82290,418
147,3763,80592,253
149,0473,78394,098
150,5623,76195,923
152,1893,74197,627
153,9273,72299,317
155,6343,679100,999
157,3263,636102,618
158,9993,589104,299
160,6503,534106,076
162,2733,473107,868
163,9383,411109,493
165,6553,352111,094
167,3583,295112,843
169,0453,268114,636
170,7093,247117,026
172,3543,232119,473
174,2173,228121,234

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.