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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 BarbadosMoldovaPhilippinesMalta
2734,24479,346387
2744,19981,131390
2754,15483,023393
2764,10884,876396
2784,05986,697398
2794,01388,568401
2803,96690,418404
2813,91992,253405
2823,87394,098406
2833,82995,923409
2853,78897,627412
2863,74899,317414
2873,709100,999416
2883,671102,618420
2893,633104,299426
2903,595106,076435
2913,558107,868445
2913,522109,493455
2923,485111,094468
2933,448112,843485
2943,412114,636504
2943,376117,026516
2953,339119,473518
2953,570121,234530

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