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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 ZambiaPhilippinesDjibouti
10,32779,346646
10,64981,131669
10,98083,023693
11,29084,876716
11,59386,697691
11,90788,568657
12,24390,418666
12,61292,253679
13,00594,098694
13,41295,923709
13,82297,627725
14,25599,317741
14,709100,999757
15,165102,618774
15,631104,299792
16,121106,076810
16,624107,868828
17,140109,493847
17,674111,094865
18,222112,843884
18,780114,636898
19,349117,026912
19,928119,473924
20,485121,234937

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

Zambia

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.