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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 BarbadosPhilippinesRomaniaChad
27379,34622,4147,559
27481,13122,2627,821
27583,02322,1068,092
27684,87621,9318,395
27886,69721,8288,763
27988,56821,7049,191
28090,41821,5719,594
28192,25321,4439,967
28294,09821,12910,338
28395,92320,77910,728
28597,62720,60711,139
28699,31720,48511,550
287100,99920,38511,983
288102,61820,29612,427
289104,29920,22412,895
290106,07620,15113,379
291107,86820,05513,823
291109,49319,93814,277
292111,09419,82314,765
293112,84319,71315,252
294114,63619,62215,750
294117,02619,49616,257
295119,47319,35116,776
295121,23419,26617,307

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