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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 São Tomé & PríncipePhilippinesBarbados
13879,346273
14181,131274
14483,023275
14784,876276
15186,697278
15488,568279
15890,418280
16192,253281
16594,098282
16895,923283
17297,627285
17699,317286
180100,999287
183102,618288
187104,299289
190106,076290
194107,868291
198109,493291
201111,094292
204112,843293
208114,636294
212117,026294
216119,473295
220121,234295

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.

All data sources

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.