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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 PhilippinesIcelandYemenBarbados
79,34627716,728273
81,13128117,236274
83,02328517,762275
84,87628818,310276
86,69728918,855278
88,56829319,410279
90,41829620,000280
92,25330420,611281
94,09831121,236282
95,92331921,878283
97,62731922,533285
99,31731823,195286
100,99931923,880287
102,61832124,594288
104,29932425,311289
106,07632726,020290
107,86833126,698291
109,49333527,347291
111,09434327,985292
112,84335328,608293
114,63636129,216294
117,02636629,811294
119,47337230,399295
121,23438031,058295

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.

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