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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 FasoEcuador
79,34611,07512,268
81,13111,40512,446
83,02311,82812,629
84,87612,38012,827
86,69712,82913,074
88,56813,17813,368
90,41813,54013,661
92,25313,91713,915
94,09814,30914,133
95,92314,72214,352
97,62715,15214,569
99,31715,60014,786
100,99916,06415,002
102,61816,56315,218
104,29917,07215,433
106,07617,57515,647
107,86818,09415,860
109,49318,62116,072
111,09419,15716,282
112,84319,69816,489
114,63620,24216,693
117,02620,78816,894
119,47321,33617,093
121,23421,88917,288

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.

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.