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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Barbados	Romania	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	22,414	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	22,262	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	22,106	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	21,931	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	21,828	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	21,704	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	21,571	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	21,443	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	21,129	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	20,779	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	20,607	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	20,485	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	20,385	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	20,296	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	20,224	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	20,151	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	20,055	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	19,938	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	19,823	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	19,713	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	19,622	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	19,496	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	19,351	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	19,266	121,234

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

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 Dominica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.