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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 BarbadosDominicaSingaporeMoldova
273703,9594,244
274714,0284,199
275714,1384,154
276724,1764,108
278724,1154,059
279724,1674,013
280724,2663,966
281724,4013,919
282724,5893,873
283734,8393,829
285734,9883,788
286735,0773,748
287735,1843,709
288735,3123,671
289735,3993,633
290735,4703,595
291745,5353,558
291745,6073,522
292745,6123,485
293745,6393,448
294755,7043,412
294755,6863,376
295765,7163,339
295765,7503,570

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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

No separate list is published for Barbados, Dominica, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.