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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 PhilippinesOmanBulgaria
79,3462,3488,091
81,1312,4038,052
83,0232,4577,798
84,8762,5107,755
86,6972,5627,710
88,5682,6137,668
90,4182,6637,628
92,2532,7137,587
94,0982,7647,549
95,9232,8167,513
97,6272,8717,475
99,3172,9287,425
100,9992,9867,242
102,6183,0477,200
104,2993,1107,160
106,0763,1747,119
107,8683,2407,074
109,4933,3077,024
111,0943,3756,973
112,8433,4446,923
114,6363,5126,874
117,0263,5826,833
119,4733,6516,778
121,2343,6966,720

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.

Bulgaria

  • 1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.