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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 FasoNamibia
79,34611,0751,841
81,13111,4051,893
83,02311,8281,945
84,87612,3801,981
86,69712,8292,008
88,56813,1782,034
90,41813,5402,060
92,25313,9172,086
94,09814,3092,113
95,92314,7222,141
97,62715,1522,170
99,31715,6002,201
100,99916,0642,232
102,61816,5632,268
104,29917,0722,312
106,07617,5752,360
107,86818,0942,408
109,49318,6212,456
111,09419,1572,505
112,84319,6982,554
114,63620,2422,602
117,02620,7882,651
119,47321,3362,700
121,23421,8892,739

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