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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 EstoniaSão Tomé & PríncipePhilippines
1,37813879,346
1,40014181,131
1,39114483,023
1,38214784,876
1,37415186,697
1,36515488,568
1,35715890,418
1,34916192,253
1,34116594,098
1,33716895,923
1,33417297,627
1,33217699,317
1,328180100,999
1,324183102,618
1,319187104,299
1,314190106,076
1,312194107,868
1,314198109,493
1,314201111,094
1,318204112,843
1,323208114,636
1,327212117,026
1,329216119,473
1,330220121,234

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 Estonia, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.