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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 Burkina FasoTrinidad & TobagoPhilippines
11,0751,30179,346
11,4051,30381,131
11,8281,30883,023
12,3801,31484,876
12,8291,32086,697
13,1781,32688,568
13,5401,33290,418
13,9171,33892,253
14,3091,34494,098
14,7221,35295,923
15,1521,35997,627
15,6001,36599,317
16,0641,372100,999
16,5631,379102,618
17,0721,386104,299
17,5751,392106,076
18,0941,399107,868
18,6211,405109,493
19,1571,411111,094
19,6981,436112,843
20,2421,452114,636
20,7881,448117,026
21,3361,450119,473
21,8891,456121,234

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