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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 - Brazzaville
79,34611,0752,886
81,13111,4052,999
83,02311,8283,113
84,87612,3803,181
86,69712,8293,274
88,56813,1783,400
90,41813,5403,543
92,25313,9173,702
94,09814,3093,859
95,92314,7223,989
97,62715,1524,146
99,31715,6004,324
100,99916,0644,468
102,61816,5634,581
104,29917,0724,667
106,07617,5754,757
107,86818,0944,851
109,49318,6214,951
111,09419,1575,055
112,84319,6985,164
114,63620,2425,279
117,02620,7885,400
119,47321,3365,527
121,23421,8895,655

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, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.