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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 PhilippinesOmanSyria
79,3462,34815,930
81,1312,40316,329
83,0232,45716,730
84,8762,51017,132
86,6972,56217,534
88,5682,61317,942
90,4182,66318,423
92,2532,71319,252
94,0982,76420,493
95,9232,81621,221
97,6272,87121,542
99,3172,92822,050
100,9992,98622,458
102,6183,04722,258
104,2993,11020,901
106,0763,17419,318
107,8683,24018,272
109,4933,30717,669
111,0943,37517,327
112,8433,44417,601
114,6363,51218,440
117,0263,58219,241
119,4733,65120,226
121,2343,69620,985

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.

Syria

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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