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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 PhilippinesBosnia & HerzegovinaLebanon
79,3463,8113,460
81,1313,9013,499
83,0233,9193,554
84,8763,9233,610
86,6973,9403,665
88,5683,9753,721
90,4183,9913,777
92,2533,9933,853
94,0983,9903,954
95,9233,9874,036
97,6273,9854,082
99,3173,9834,097
100,9993,9804,115
102,6183,9774,206
104,2993,9734,696
106,0763,9685,365
107,8683,9635,640
109,4933,9575,688
111,0943,9515,680
112,8433,9445,562
114,6363,9375,331
117,0263,9294,986
119,4733,9214,802
121,2343,8764,713

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828