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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 FasoSão Tomé & Príncipe
79,34611,075138
81,13111,405141
83,02311,828144
84,87612,380147
86,69712,829151
88,56813,178154
90,41813,540158
92,25313,917161
94,09814,309165
95,92314,722168
97,62715,152172
99,31715,600176
100,99916,064180
102,61816,563183
104,29917,072187
106,07617,575190
107,86818,094194
109,49318,621198
111,09419,157201
112,84319,698204
114,63620,242208
117,02620,788212
119,47321,336216
121,23421,889220

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