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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 PhilippinesNigeria
79,346121,649
81,131125,014
83,023128,513
84,876132,165
86,697135,971
88,568139,900
90,418143,914
92,253148,019
94,098152,195
95,923156,434
97,627160,751
99,317165,142
100,999169,607
102,618174,142
104,299178,737
106,076183,362
107,868187,979
109,493192,594
111,094197,417
112,843202,498
114,636207,699
117,026213,021
119,473218,473
121,234223,735

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.

Nigeria

  • 1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.