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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 BarbadosMoroccoRomaniaPhilippines
27328,40022,41479,346
27428,74422,26281,131
27529,09422,10683,023
27629,44721,93184,876
27829,80621,82886,697
27930,16921,70488,568
28030,55221,57190,418
28130,95321,44392,253
28231,35421,12994,098
28331,75420,77995,923
28532,15420,60797,627
28632,55320,48599,317
28732,95120,385100,999
28833,34620,296102,618
28933,73720,224104,299
29034,12420,151106,076
29134,51120,055107,868
29134,89819,938109,493
29235,27919,823111,094
29335,65319,713112,843
29436,01819,622114,636
29436,37519,496117,026
29536,72319,351119,473
29537,10119,266121,234

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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