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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 YemenPhilippines
16,72879,346
17,23681,131
17,76283,023
18,31084,876
18,85586,697
19,41088,568
20,00090,418
20,61192,253
21,23694,098
21,87895,923
22,53397,627
23,19599,317
23,880100,999
24,594102,618
25,311104,299
26,020106,076
26,698107,868
27,347109,493
27,985111,094
28,608112,843
29,216114,636
29,811117,026
30,399119,473
31,058121,234

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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.