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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 BarbadosMoldovaPhilippinesComoros
2734,24479,346531
2744,19981,131545
2754,15483,023559
2764,10884,876574
2784,05986,697590
2794,01388,568606
2803,96690,418623
2813,91992,253640
2823,87394,098657
2833,82995,923674
2853,78897,627690
2863,74899,317706
2873,709100,999722
2883,671102,618737
2893,633104,299752
2903,595106,076767
2913,558107,868781
2913,522109,493795
2923,485111,094808
2933,448112,843821
2943,412114,636837
2943,376117,026853
2953,339119,473869
2953,570121,234885

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