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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 Cape VerdePhilippinesSudan
42279,34626,168
43081,13126,771
43883,02327,387
44784,87628,017
45586,69728,662
46388,56829,321
47190,41829,996
47892,25330,686
48694,09831,393
49495,92332,137
50197,62733,078
50999,31733,891
516100,99934,568
524102,61835,293
531104,29936,093
539106,07637,058
546107,86838,165
553109,49339,294
562111,09440,512
568112,84341,764
574114,63642,952
580117,02644,121
585119,47345,290
590121,23446,498

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.

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