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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date PhilippinesBurkina FasoCongo - KinshasaBarbados
79,34611,07551,181273
81,13111,40552,782274
83,02311,82854,453275
84,87612,38056,170276
86,69712,82957,860278
88,56813,17859,599279
90,41813,54061,474280
92,25313,91763,479281
94,09814,30965,590282
95,92314,72267,800283
97,62715,15270,114285
99,31715,60072,550286
100,99916,06475,138287
102,61816,56377,792288
104,29917,07280,534289
106,07617,57583,368290
107,86818,09486,229291
109,49318,62189,193291
111,09419,15792,209292
112,84319,69895,232293
114,63620,24298,320294
117,02620,788101,499294
119,47321,336104,767295
121,23421,889108,171295

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