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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 IcelandChileBurkina FasoPhilippines
27715,14011,07579,346
28115,34011,40581,131
28515,51311,82883,023
28815,68612,38084,876
28915,85912,82986,697
29316,02913,17888,568
29616,22213,54090,418
30416,36413,91792,253
31116,53614,30994,098
31916,70014,72295,923
31916,86415,15297,627
31816,99915,60099,317
31917,18916,064100,999
32117,37816,563102,618
32417,54517,072104,299
32717,72017,575106,076
33117,90418,094107,868
33518,09918,621109,493
34318,35019,157111,094
35318,68119,698112,843
36119,03520,242114,636
36619,38520,788117,026
37219,60421,336119,473
38019,71521,889121,234

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.

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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.