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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 NigerBurkina FasoPhilippines
10,42411,07579,346
10,78511,40581,131
11,17011,82883,023
11,58012,38084,876
12,01512,82986,697
12,47213,17888,568
12,95413,54090,418
13,45913,91792,253
13,98614,30994,098
14,53214,72295,923
15,09215,15297,627
15,66915,60099,317
16,26316,064100,999
16,90316,563102,618
17,56917,072104,299
18,24217,575106,076
18,95718,094107,868
19,70818,621109,493
20,46219,157111,094
21,22819,698112,843
22,02320,242114,636
22,84220,788117,026
23,69121,336119,473
24,58721,889121,234

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