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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 FasoCongo - KinshasaLuxembourg
79,34611,07551,181433
81,13111,40552,782438
83,02311,82854,453443
84,87612,38056,170448
86,69712,82957,860454
88,56813,17859,599460
90,41813,54061,474467
92,25313,91763,479474
94,09814,30965,590482
95,92314,72267,800491
97,62715,15270,114500
99,31715,60072,550509
100,99916,06475,138521
102,61816,56377,792533
104,29917,07280,534547
106,07617,57583,368560
107,86818,09486,229571
109,49318,62189,193586
111,09419,15792,209599
112,84319,69895,232610
114,63620,24298,320623
117,02620,788101,499633
119,47321,336104,767643
121,23421,889108,171651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.