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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 IcelandBarbadosQatarPhilippines
27727362779,346
28127465981,131
28527569183,023
28827672484,876
28927875786,697
29327985088,568
2962801,00190,418
3042811,15392,253
3112821,30694,098
3192831,46095,923
3192851,61597,627
3182861,77099,317
3192871,904100,999
3212882,010102,618
3242892,103104,299
3272902,187106,076
3312912,261107,868
3352912,326109,493
3432922,384111,094
3532932,435112,843
3612942,480114,636
3662942,519117,026
3722952,553119,473
3802952,559121,234

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.

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