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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 ChileBurkina FasoPhilippines
15,14011,07579,346
15,34011,40581,131
15,51311,82883,023
15,68612,38084,876
15,85912,82986,697
16,02913,17888,568
16,22213,54090,418
16,36413,91792,253
16,53614,30994,098
16,70014,72295,923
16,86415,15297,627
16,99915,60099,317
17,18916,064100,999
17,37816,563102,618
17,54517,072104,299
17,72017,575106,076
17,90418,094107,868
18,09918,621109,493
18,35019,157111,094
18,68119,698112,843
19,03520,242114,636
19,38520,788117,026
19,60421,336119,473
19,71521,889121,234

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.

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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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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; the database as a whole is cited above.