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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 PhilippinesTrinidad & TobagoRomania
79,3461,30122,414
81,1311,30322,262
83,0231,30822,106
84,8761,31421,931
86,6971,32021,828
88,5681,32621,704
90,4181,33221,571
92,2531,33821,443
94,0981,34421,129
95,9231,35220,779
97,6271,35920,607
99,3171,36520,485
100,9991,37220,385
102,6181,37920,296
104,2991,38620,224
106,0761,39220,151
107,8681,39920,055
109,4931,40519,938
111,0941,41119,823
112,8431,43619,713
114,6361,45219,622
117,0261,44819,496
119,4731,45019,351
121,2341,45619,266

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.

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 Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.