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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 BarbadosSt. LuciaMoldovaPhilippines
2731524,24479,346
2741534,19981,131
2751544,15483,023
2761554,10884,876
2781564,05986,697
2791574,01388,568
2801573,96690,418
2811583,91992,253
2821593,87394,098
2831603,82995,923
2851603,78897,627
2861613,74899,317
2871623,709100,999
2881623,671102,618
2891633,633104,299
2901633,595106,076
2911643,558107,868
2911643,522109,493
2921653,485111,094
2931663,448112,843
2941663,412114,636
2941673,376117,026
2951673,339119,473
2951673,570121,234

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.

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