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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 DominicaBeninPhilippines
706,46179,346
716,67781,131
716,90283,023
727,13084,876
727,36086,697
727,58988,568
727,83890,418
728,08992,253
728,33594,098
738,60395,923
738,88497,627
739,17999,317
739,486100,999
739,805102,618
7310,135104,299
7310,480106,076
7410,842107,868
7411,220109,493
7411,613111,094
7412,018112,843
7512,370114,636
7512,725117,026
7613,081119,473
7613,439121,234

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, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.