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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 MaltaCongo - KinshasaRomaniaPhilippines
38751,18122,41479,346
39052,78222,26281,131
39354,45322,10683,023
39656,17021,93184,876
39857,86021,82886,697
40159,59921,70488,568
40461,47421,57190,418
40563,47921,44392,253
40665,59021,12994,098
40967,80020,77995,923
41270,11420,60797,627
41472,55020,48599,317
41675,13820,385100,999
42077,79220,296102,618
42680,53420,224104,299
43583,36820,151106,076
44586,22920,055107,868
45589,19319,938109,493
46892,20919,823111,094
48595,23219,713112,843
50498,32019,622114,636
516101,49919,496117,026
518104,76719,351119,473
530108,17119,266121,234

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 Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.