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

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.