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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 LeoneBarbados
79,3463,736273
81,1313,809274
83,0234,043275
84,8764,287276
86,6974,466278
88,5684,602279
90,4184,708280
92,2534,818281
94,0984,918282
95,9235,023283
97,6275,132285
99,3175,246286
100,9995,364287
102,6185,486288
104,2995,613289
106,0765,744290
107,8685,879291
109,4936,019291
111,0946,163292
112,8436,312293
114,6366,461294
117,0266,611294
119,4736,761295
121,2346,910295

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