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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 BarbadosRomaniaPhilippinesSt. Lucia
27322,41479,346152
27422,26281,131153
27522,10683,023154
27621,93184,876155
27821,82886,697156
27921,70488,568157
28021,57190,418157
28121,44392,253158
28221,12994,098159
28320,77995,923160
28520,60797,627160
28620,48599,317161
28720,385100,999162
28820,296102,618162
28920,224104,299163
29020,151106,076163
29120,055107,868164
29119,938109,493164
29219,823111,094165
29319,713112,843166
29419,622114,636166
29419,496117,026167
29519,351119,473167
29519,266121,234167

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

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.

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.