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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 IcelandDominicaMoldovaPhilippines
277704,24479,346
281714,19981,131
285714,15483,023
288724,10884,876
289724,05986,697
293724,01388,568
296723,96690,418
304723,91992,253
311723,87394,098
319733,82995,923
319733,78897,627
318733,74899,317
319733,709100,999
321733,671102,618
324733,633104,299
327733,595106,076
331743,558107,868
335743,522109,493
343743,485111,094
353743,448112,843
361753,412114,636
366753,376117,026
372763,339119,473
380763,570121,234

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