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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 IcelandBarbadosMoldovaPhilippines
2772734,24479,346
2812744,19981,131
2852754,15483,023
2882764,10884,876
2892784,05986,697
2932794,01388,568
2962803,96690,418
3042813,91992,253
3112823,87394,098
3192833,82995,923
3192853,78897,627
3182863,74899,317
3192873,709100,999
3212883,671102,618
3242893,633104,299
3272903,595106,076
3312913,558107,868
3352913,522109,493
3432923,485111,094
3532933,448112,843
3612943,412114,636
3662943,376117,026
3722953,339119,473
3802953,570121,234

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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