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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 TunisiaPhilippinesSão Tomé & Príncipe
9,41779,346138
9,51481,131141
9,61383,023144
9,71184,876147
9,81086,697151
9,90688,568154
9,99790,418158
10,08792,253161
10,17894,098165
10,27495,923168
10,37797,627172
10,49199,317176
10,612100,999180
10,737102,618183
10,866104,299187
10,996106,076190
11,124107,868194
11,248109,493198
11,365111,094201
11,477112,843204
11,583114,636208
11,681117,026212
11,772119,473216
11,862121,234220

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