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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 AlbaniaPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
3,08579,34651,181
3,06581,13152,782
3,04783,02354,453
3,03884,87656,170
3,02686,69757,860
3,01488,56859,599
2,99890,41861,474
2,97992,25363,479
2,95794,09865,590
2,93495,92367,800
2,91597,62770,114
2,90099,31772,550
2,892100,99975,138
2,888102,61877,792
2,882104,29980,534
2,876106,07683,368
2,868107,86886,229
2,863109,49389,193
2,861111,09492,209
2,854112,84395,232
2,842114,63698,320
2,825117,026101,499
2,799119,473104,767
2,787121,234108,171

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 Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.