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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 SudanPhilippinesBarbados
26,16879,346273
26,77181,131274
27,38783,023275
28,01784,876276
28,66286,697278
29,32188,568279
29,99690,418280
30,68692,253281
31,39394,098282
32,13795,923283
33,07897,627285
33,89199,317286
34,568100,999287
35,293102,618288
36,093104,299289
37,058106,076290
38,165107,868291
39,294109,493291
40,512111,094292
41,764112,843293
42,952114,636294
44,121117,026294
45,290119,473295
46,498121,234295

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