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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 BarbadosPhilippinesRomaniaLuxembourg
27379,34622,414433
27481,13122,262438
27583,02322,106443
27684,87621,931448
27886,69721,828454
27988,56821,704460
28090,41821,571467
28192,25321,443474
28294,09821,129482
28395,92320,779491
28597,62720,607500
28699,31720,485509
287100,99920,385521
288102,61820,296533
289104,29920,224547
290106,07620,151560
291107,86820,055571
291109,49319,938586
292111,09419,823599
293112,84319,713610
294114,63619,622623
294117,02619,496633
295119,47319,351643
295121,23419,266651

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.