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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 FasoEl Salvador
79,34611,0755,767
81,13111,4055,825
83,02311,8285,856
84,87612,3805,869
86,69712,8295,880
88,56813,1785,888
90,41813,5405,899
92,25313,9175,906
94,09814,3095,911
95,92314,7225,934
97,62715,1525,954
99,31715,6005,967
100,99916,0645,984
102,61816,5636,033
104,29917,0726,121
106,07617,5756,179
107,86818,0946,205
109,49318,6216,248
111,09419,1576,304
112,84319,6986,368
114,63620,2426,372
117,02620,7886,385
119,47321,3366,407
121,23421,8896,429

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, El Salvador; the database as a whole is cited above.