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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesMoldova
27327779,3464,244
27428181,1314,199
27528583,0234,154
27628884,8764,108
27828986,6974,059
27929388,5684,013
28029690,4183,966
28130492,2533,919
28231194,0983,873
28331995,9233,829
28531997,6273,788
28631899,3173,748
287319100,9993,709
288321102,6183,671
289324104,2993,633
290327106,0763,595
291331107,8683,558
291335109,4933,522
292343111,0943,485
293353112,8433,448
294361114,6363,412
294366117,0263,376
295372119,4733,339
295380121,2343,570

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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