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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 LuxembourgOmanPhilippinesBarbados
4332,34879,346273
4382,40381,131274
4432,45783,023275
4482,51084,876276
4542,56286,697278
4602,61388,568279
4672,66390,418280
4742,71392,253281
4822,76494,098282
4912,81695,923283
5002,87197,627285
5092,92899,317286
5212,986100,999287
5333,047102,618288
5473,110104,299289
5603,174106,076290
5713,240107,868291
5863,307109,493291
5993,375111,094292
6103,444112,843293
6233,512114,636294
6333,582117,026294
6433,651119,473295
6513,696121,234295

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.

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

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