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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 PhilippinesSri Lanka
79,34619,354
81,13119,610
83,02319,838
84,87620,060
86,69720,297
88,56820,529
90,41820,703
92,25320,917
94,09821,120
95,92321,315
97,62721,503
99,31721,713
100,99921,918
102,61822,120
104,29922,320
106,07622,517
107,86822,711
109,49322,899
111,09423,080
112,84323,254
114,63623,420
117,02623,579
119,47323,732
121,23423,796

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 Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.