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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 BarbadosOmanMoldovaPhilippines
2732,3484,24479,346
2742,4034,19981,131
2752,4574,15483,023
2762,5104,10884,876
2782,5624,05986,697
2792,6134,01388,568
2802,6633,96690,418
2812,7133,91992,253
2822,7643,87394,098
2832,8163,82995,923
2852,8713,78897,627
2862,9283,74899,317
2872,9863,709100,999
2883,0473,671102,618
2893,1103,633104,299
2903,1743,595106,076
2913,2403,558107,868
2913,3073,522109,493
2923,3753,485111,094
2933,4443,448112,843
2943,5123,412114,636
2943,5823,376117,026
2953,6513,339119,473
2953,6963,570121,234

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