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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 TanzaniaPhilippinesBarbados
32,91279,346273
33,95381,131274
34,97483,023275
36,02184,876276
37,10086,697278
38,16788,568279
39,26290,418280
40,38792,253281
41,55794,098282
42,74195,923283
43,88997,627285
45,13299,317286
46,531100,999287
47,965102,618288
49,437104,299289
50,965106,076290
52,604107,868291
54,336109,493291
56,062111,094292
57,765112,843293
59,465114,636294
61,191117,026294
62,944119,473295
64,835121,234295

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