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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 PhilippinesBrazilAlbania
79,346174,3203,085
81,131176,9023,065
83,023179,3893,047
84,876181,7213,038
86,697183,9703,026
88,568186,1653,014
90,418188,3302,998
92,253190,4382,979
94,098192,4502,957
95,923194,4582,934
97,627196,4642,915
99,317198,4082,900
100,999200,1522,892
102,618201,8942,888
104,299203,6142,882
106,076205,3582,876
107,868207,1482,868
109,493208,8592,863
111,094210,5372,861
112,843212,2582,854
114,636213,9402,842
117,026215,5772,825
119,473216,7202,799
121,234217,7182,787

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.

Brazil

  • 1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
  • 1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
  • 1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.