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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 MaltaBurkina FasoPhilippines
38711,07579,346
39011,40581,131
39311,82883,023
39612,38084,876
39812,82986,697
40113,17888,568
40413,54090,418
40513,91792,253
40614,30994,098
40914,72295,923
41215,15297,627
41415,60099,317
41616,064100,999
42016,563102,618
42617,072104,299
43517,575106,076
44518,094107,868
45518,621109,493
46819,157111,094
48519,698112,843
50420,242114,636
51620,788117,026
51821,336119,473
53021,889121,234

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