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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 PhilippinesBurkina FasoRomaniaMalta
79,34611,07522,414387
81,13111,40522,262390
83,02311,82822,106393
84,87612,38021,931396
86,69712,82921,828398
88,56813,17821,704401
90,41813,54021,571404
92,25313,91721,443405
94,09814,30921,129406
95,92314,72220,779409
97,62715,15220,607412
99,31715,60020,485414
100,99916,06420,385416
102,61816,56320,296420
104,29917,07220,224426
106,07617,57520,151435
107,86818,09420,055445
109,49318,62119,938455
111,09419,15719,823468
112,84319,69819,713485
114,63620,24219,622504
117,02620,78819,496516
119,47321,33619,351518
121,23421,88919,266530

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

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.

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.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.