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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 United Arab EmiratesCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
3,10151,18179,346
3,28452,78281,131
3,45854,45383,023
3,61356,17084,876
3,75457,86086,697
3,88259,59988,568
4,00061,47490,418
4,53263,47992,253
5,62365,59094,098
7,27767,80095,923
8,16470,11497,627
8,15272,55099,317
8,43875,138100,999
8,74777,792102,618
9,07780,534104,299
9,32183,368106,076
9,46186,229107,868
9,58789,193109,493
9,69992,209111,094
9,79695,232112,843
9,87998,320114,636
9,953101,499117,026
10,018104,767119,473
10,099108,171121,234

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.

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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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.