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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 TunisiaPhilippinesBarbados
9,41779,346273
9,51481,131274
9,61383,023275
9,71184,876276
9,81086,697278
9,90688,568279
9,99790,418280
10,08792,253281
10,17894,098282
10,27495,923283
10,37797,627285
10,49199,317286
10,612100,999287
10,737102,618288
10,866104,299289
10,996106,076290
11,124107,868291
11,248109,493291
11,365111,094292
11,477112,843293
11,583114,636294
11,681117,026294
11,772119,473295
11,862121,234295

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