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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Romania	Philippines	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	22,414	79,346	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	22,262	81,131	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	22,106	83,023	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	21,931	84,876	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	21,828	86,697	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	21,704	88,568	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	21,571	90,418	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	21,443	92,253	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	21,129	94,098	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	20,779	95,923	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	20,607	97,627	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	20,485	99,317	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	20,385	100,999	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	20,296	102,618	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	20,224	104,299	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	20,151	106,076	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	20,055	107,868	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	19,938	109,493	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	19,823	111,094	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	19,713	112,843	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	19,622	114,636	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	19,496	117,026	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	19,351	119,473	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	19,266	121,234	21,889

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.