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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 EthiopiaPhilippinesBarbados
63,57579,346273
65,21381,131274
66,88983,023275
68,64984,876276
70,49186,697278
72,38988,568279
74,32790,418280
76,32692,253281
78,41194,098282
80,56495,923283
82,78797,627285
85,09699,317286
87,530100,999287
90,066102,618288
92,632104,299289
95,337106,076290
98,114107,868291
100,858109,493291
103,654111,094292
106,466112,843293
109,267114,636294
112,100117,026294
114,964119,473295
117,924121,234295

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 Ethiopia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.