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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 BarbadosCongo - KinshasaBurkina FasoPhilippines
27351,18111,07579,346
27452,78211,40581,131
27554,45311,82883,023
27656,17012,38084,876
27857,86012,82986,697
27959,59913,17888,568
28061,47413,54090,418
28163,47913,91792,253
28265,59014,30994,098
28367,80014,72295,923
28570,11415,15297,627
28672,55015,60099,317
28775,13816,064100,999
28877,79216,563102,618
28980,53417,072104,299
29083,36817,575106,076
29186,22918,094107,868
29189,19318,621109,493
29292,20919,157111,094
29395,23219,698112,843
29498,32020,242114,636
294101,49920,788117,026
295104,76721,336119,473
295108,17121,889121,234

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

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 Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.