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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date PhilippinesBosnia & HerzegovinaRomania
79,3463,81122,414
81,1313,90122,262
83,0233,91922,106
84,8763,92321,931
86,6973,94021,828
88,5683,97521,704
90,4183,99121,571
92,2533,99321,443
94,0983,99021,129
95,9233,98720,779
97,6273,98520,607
99,3173,98320,485
100,9993,98020,385
102,6183,97720,296
104,2993,97320,224
106,0763,96820,151
107,8683,96320,055
109,4933,95719,938
111,0943,95119,823
112,8433,94419,713
114,6363,93719,622
117,0263,92919,496
119,4733,92119,351
121,2343,87619,266

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.

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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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.