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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 PhilippinesGermanyBosnia & Herzegovina
79,34681,4393,811
81,13181,4743,901
83,02381,5343,919
84,87681,5953,923
86,69781,5663,940
88,56881,4733,975
90,41881,3543,991
92,25381,1903,993
94,09881,0093,990
95,92380,7813,987
97,62780,5003,985
99,31780,3013,983
100,99980,2923,980
102,61880,4433,977
104,29980,6633,973
106,07681,0003,968
107,86881,7043,963
109,49382,3663,957
111,09482,6743,951
112,84382,9233,944
114,63683,1103,937
117,02683,1783,929
119,47383,2133,921
121,23483,8113,876

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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