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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 SeychellesBurkina FasoOmanPhilippines
7811,0752,34879,346
7911,4052,40381,131
8011,8282,45783,023
8112,3802,51084,876
8212,8292,56286,697
8313,1782,61388,568
8413,5402,66390,418
8513,9172,71392,253
8614,3092,76494,098
8714,7222,81695,923
8715,1522,87197,627
8815,6002,92899,317
8916,0642,986100,999
9016,5633,047102,618
9117,0723,110104,299
9217,5753,174106,076
9218,0943,240107,868
9318,6213,307109,493
9419,1573,375111,094
9519,6983,444112,843
9620,2423,512114,636
9720,7883,582117,026
9821,3363,651119,473
9821,8893,696121,234

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 Seychelles, Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.