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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 DominicaAfghanistanPhilippines
7022,20679,346
7122,46181,131
7122,50783,023
7223,60084,876
7225,00586,697
7225,69888,568
7226,33590,418
7227,15492,253
7227,38794,098
7327,70695,923
7328,48497,627
7329,12199,317
7329,758100,999
7330,420102,618
7331,108104,299
7331,823106,076
7432,564107,868
7433,332109,493
7434,125111,094
7434,941112,843
7535,972114,636
7537,034117,026
7638,127119,473
7639,252121,234

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 Dominica, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.