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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 BarbadosMaltaMoldovaPhilippines
2733874,24479,346
2743904,19981,131
2753934,15483,023
2763964,10884,876
2783984,05986,697
2794014,01388,568
2804043,96690,418
2814053,91992,253
2824063,87394,098
2834093,82995,923
2854123,78897,627
2864143,74899,317
2874163,709100,999
2884203,671102,618
2894263,633104,299
2904353,595106,076
2914453,558107,868
2914553,522109,493
2924683,485111,094
2934853,448112,843
2945043,412114,636
2945163,376117,026
2955183,339119,473
2955303,570121,234

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