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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaPhilippinesMoldova
2737079,3464,244
2747181,1314,199
2757183,0234,154
2767284,8764,108
2787286,6974,059
2797288,5684,013
2807290,4183,966
2817292,2533,919
2827294,0983,873
2837395,9233,829
2857397,6273,788
2867399,3173,748
28773100,9993,709
28873102,6183,671
28973104,2993,633
29073106,0763,595
29174107,8683,558
29174109,4933,522
29274111,0943,485
29374112,8433,448
29475114,6363,412
29475117,0263,376
29576119,4733,339
29576121,2343,570

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.

All data sources

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