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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 PhilippinesSierra Leone
79,3463,736
81,1313,809
83,0234,043
84,8764,287
86,6974,466
88,5684,602
90,4184,708
92,2534,818
94,0984,918
95,9235,023
97,6275,132
99,3175,246
100,9995,364
102,6185,486
104,2995,613
106,0765,744
107,8685,879
109,4936,019
111,0946,163
112,8436,312
114,6366,461
117,0266,611
119,4736,761
121,2346,910

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 Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.