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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 BarbadosPhilippinesMoldovaComoros
27379,3464,244531
27481,1314,199545
27583,0234,154559
27684,8764,108574
27886,6974,059590
27988,5684,013606
28090,4183,966623
28192,2533,919640
28294,0983,873657
28395,9233,829674
28597,6273,788690
28699,3173,748706
287100,9993,709722
288102,6183,671737
289104,2993,633752
290106,0763,595767
291107,8683,558781
291109,4933,522795
292111,0943,485808
293112,8433,448821
294114,6363,412837
294117,0263,376853
295119,4733,339869
295121,2343,570885

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.