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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 FasoGabon
79,34611,0751,143
81,13111,4051,179
83,02311,8281,207
84,87612,3801,234
86,69712,8291,262
88,56813,1781,297
90,41813,5401,340
92,25313,9171,384
94,09814,3091,434
95,92314,7221,487
97,62715,1521,542
99,31715,6001,600
100,99916,0641,656
102,61816,5631,714
104,29917,0721,778
106,07617,5751,843
107,86818,0941,905
109,49318,6211,966
111,09419,1572,025
112,84319,6982,083
114,63620,2422,139
117,02620,7882,193
119,47321,3362,246
121,23421,8892,292

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