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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaMoldovaRomaniaPhilippines
704,24422,41479,346
714,19922,26281,131
714,15422,10683,023
724,10821,93184,876
724,05921,82886,697
724,01321,70488,568
723,96621,57190,418
723,91921,44392,253
723,87321,12994,098
733,82920,77995,923
733,78820,60797,627
733,74820,48599,317
733,70920,385100,999
733,67120,296102,618
733,63320,224104,299
733,59520,151106,076
743,55820,055107,868
743,52219,938109,493
743,48519,823111,094
743,44819,713112,843
753,41219,622114,636
753,37619,496117,026
763,33919,351119,473
763,57019,266121,234

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