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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 DominicaHong Kong SAR ChinaPhilippines
706,58779,346
716,64681,131
716,69583,023
726,72584,876
726,71286,697
726,76588,568
726,79490,418
726,83892,253
726,89794,098
736,93895,923
736,95397,627
737,00499,317
737,052100,999
737,130102,618
737,159104,299
737,209106,076
747,271107,868
747,316109,493
747,372111,094
747,432112,843
757,487114,636
757,460117,026
767,392119,473
767,387121,234

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.