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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	Dominica	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	11,075	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	11,405	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	11,828	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	12,380	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	12,829	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	13,178	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	13,540	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	13,917	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	14,309	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	14,722	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	15,152	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	15,600	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	16,064	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	16,563	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	17,072	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	17,575	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	18,094	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	18,621	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	19,157	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	19,698	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	20,242	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	20,788	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	21,336	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	76	108,171	21,889	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.

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.