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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	108,171	121,234

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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