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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaBarbadosBurkina FasoPhilippines
7027311,07579,346
7127411,40581,131
7127511,82883,023
7227612,38084,876
7227812,82986,697
7227913,17888,568
7228013,54090,418
7228113,91792,253
7228214,30994,098
7328314,72295,923
7328515,15297,627
7328615,60099,317
7328716,064100,999
7328816,563102,618
7328917,072104,299
7329017,575106,076
7429118,094107,868
7429118,621109,493
7429219,157111,094
7429319,698112,843
7529420,242114,636
7529420,788117,026
7629521,336119,473
7629521,889121,234

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.

All data sources

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 Dominica, Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.