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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date PhilippinesBurkina FasoOmanSão Tomé & Príncipe
79,34611,0752,348138
81,13111,4052,403141
83,02311,8282,457144
84,87612,3802,510147
86,69712,8292,562151
88,56813,1782,613154
90,41813,5402,663158
92,25313,9172,713161
94,09814,3092,764165
95,92314,7222,816168
97,62715,1522,871172
99,31715,6002,928176
100,99916,0642,986180
102,61816,5633,047183
104,29917,0723,110187
106,07617,5753,174190
107,86818,0943,240194
109,49318,6213,307198
111,09419,1573,375201
112,84319,6983,444204
114,63620,2423,512208
117,02620,7883,582212
119,47321,3363,651216
121,23421,8893,696220

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, Oman, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.