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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 LankaBarbados
79,34619,354273
81,13119,610274
83,02319,838275
84,87620,060276
86,69720,297278
88,56820,529279
90,41820,703280
92,25320,917281
94,09821,120282
95,92321,315283
97,62721,503285
99,31721,713286
100,99921,918287
102,61822,120288
104,29922,320289
106,07622,517290
107,86822,711291
109,49322,899291
111,09423,080292
112,84323,254293
114,63623,420294
117,02623,579294
119,47323,732295
121,23423,796295

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