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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandBarbadosPhilippinesParaguay
27727379,3465,366
28127481,1315,473
28527583,0235,579
28827684,8765,683
28927886,6975,786
29327988,5685,886
29628090,4185,984
30428192,2536,080
31128294,0986,173
31928395,9236,264
31928597,6276,352
31828699,3176,438
319287100,9996,522
321288102,6186,605
324289104,2996,688
327290106,0766,769
331291107,8686,850
335291109,4936,930
343292111,0947,012
353293112,8437,095
361294114,6367,179
366294117,0267,263
372295119,4737,348
380295121,2347,432

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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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