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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	138	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	141	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	144	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	147	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	151	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	154	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	158	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	161	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	165	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	168	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	172	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	176	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	180	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	183	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	187	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	190	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	194	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	198	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	201	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	204	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	208	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	212	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	216	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	220	121,234

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.

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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.