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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 Cape VerdeBurkina FasoPhilippines
42211,07579,346
43011,40581,131
43811,82883,023
44712,38084,876
45512,82986,697
46313,17888,568
47113,54090,418
47813,91792,253
48614,30994,098
49414,72295,923
50115,15297,627
50915,60099,317
51616,064100,999
52416,563102,618
53117,072104,299
53917,575106,076
54618,094107,868
55318,621109,493
56219,157111,094
56819,698112,843
57420,242114,636
58020,788117,026
58521,336119,473
59021,889121,234

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

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.