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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Philippines	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	79,346	277
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	81,131	281
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	83,023	285
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	84,876	288
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	86,697	289
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	88,568	293
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	90,418	296
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	92,253	304
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	94,098	311
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	95,923	319
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	97,627	319
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	99,317	318
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	100,999	319
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	102,618	321
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	104,299	324
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	106,076	327
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	107,868	331
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	109,493	335
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	111,094	343
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	112,843	353
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	114,636	361
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	117,026	366
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	119,473	372
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	121,234	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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