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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 IcelandPhilippinesYemenBarbados
27779,34616,728273
28181,13117,236274
28583,02317,762275
28884,87618,310276
28986,69718,855278
29388,56819,410279
29690,41820,000280
30492,25320,611281
31194,09821,236282
31995,92321,878283
31997,62722,533285
31899,31723,195286
319100,99923,880287
321102,61824,594288
324104,29925,311289
327106,07626,020290
331107,86826,698291
335109,49327,347291
343111,09427,985292
353112,84328,608293
361114,63629,216294
366117,02629,811294
372119,47330,399295
380121,23431,058295

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