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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 PhilippinesLaosParaguay
79,3465,2865,366
81,1315,3975,473
83,0235,4995,579
84,8765,5785,683
86,6975,6545,786
88,5685,7465,886
90,4185,8365,984
92,2535,9316,080
94,0986,0356,173
95,9236,1456,264
97,6276,2576,352
99,3176,3686,438
100,9996,4776,522
102,6186,5866,605
104,2996,6956,688
106,0766,8046,769
107,8686,9126,850
109,4937,0196,930
111,0947,1277,012
112,8437,2347,095
114,6367,3437,179
117,0267,4527,263
119,4737,5607,348
121,2347,6667,432

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.