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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 PhilippinesBurkina FasoBarbados
79,34611,075273
81,13111,405274
83,02311,828275
84,87612,380276
86,69712,829278
88,56813,178279
90,41813,540280
92,25313,917281
94,09814,309282
95,92314,722283
97,62715,152285
99,31715,600286
100,99916,064287
102,61816,563288
104,29917,072289
106,07617,575290
107,86818,094291
109,49318,621291
111,09419,157292
112,84319,698293
114,63620,242294
117,02620,788294
119,47321,336295
121,23421,889295

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