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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 LuxembourgRomaniaOmanPhilippines
43322,4142,34879,346
43822,2622,40381,131
44322,1062,45783,023
44821,9312,51084,876
45421,8282,56286,697
46021,7042,61388,568
46721,5712,66390,418
47421,4432,71392,253
48221,1292,76494,098
49120,7792,81695,923
50020,6072,87197,627
50920,4852,92899,317
52120,3852,986100,999
53320,2963,047102,618
54720,2243,110104,299
56020,1513,174106,076
57120,0553,240107,868
58619,9383,307109,493
59919,8233,375111,094
61019,7133,444112,843
62319,6223,512114,636
63319,4963,582117,026
64319,3513,651119,473
65119,2663,696121,234

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 Luxembourg, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.