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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 PhilippinesIcelandBangladeshBarbados
79,346277132,907273
81,131281135,207274
83,023285137,420275
84,876288139,573276
86,697289141,650278
88,568293143,644279
90,418296145,546280
92,253304147,376281
94,098311149,047282
95,923319150,562283
97,627319152,189285
99,317318153,927286
100,999319155,634287
102,618321157,326288
104,299324158,999289
106,076327160,650290
107,868331162,273291
109,493335163,938291
111,094343165,655292
112,843353167,358293
114,636361169,045294
117,026366170,709294
119,473372172,354295
121,234380174,217295

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.

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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