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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoPhilippinesSão Tomé & Príncipe
11,07579,346138
11,40581,131141
11,82883,023144
12,38084,876147
12,82986,697151
13,17888,568154
13,54090,418158
13,91792,253161
14,30994,098165
14,72295,923168
15,15297,627172
15,60099,317176
16,064100,999180
16,563102,618183
17,072104,299187
17,575106,076190
18,094107,868194
18,621109,493198
19,157111,094201
19,698112,843204
20,242114,636208
20,788117,026212
21,336119,473216
21,889121,234220

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.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.