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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	Dominican Republic	Philippines	Bangladesh	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	79,346	132,907	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,131	135,207	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	83,023	137,420	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	84,876	139,573	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	86,697	141,650	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	88,568	143,644	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	90,418	145,546	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	92,253	147,376	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	94,098	149,047	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	95,923	150,562	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	97,627	152,189	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	99,317	153,927	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	100,999	155,634	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	102,618	157,326	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	104,299	158,999	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	106,076	160,650	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	107,868	162,273	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	109,493	163,938	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	111,094	165,655	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	112,843	167,358	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	114,636	169,045	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	117,026	170,709	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	119,473	172,354	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	121,234	174,217	19,266

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.