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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 PhilippinesLaosBarbados
79,3465,286273
81,1315,397274
83,0235,499275
84,8765,578276
86,6975,654278
88,5685,746279
90,4185,836280
92,2535,931281
94,0986,035282
95,9236,145283
97,6276,257285
99,3176,368286
100,9996,477287
102,6186,586288
104,2996,695289
106,0766,804290
107,8686,912291
109,4937,019291
111,0947,127292
112,8437,234293
114,6367,343294
117,0267,452294
119,4737,560295
121,2347,666295

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.

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