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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 Bosnia & HerzegovinaPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
3,81179,34651,181
3,90181,13152,782
3,91983,02354,453
3,92384,87656,170
3,94086,69757,860
3,97588,56859,599
3,99190,41861,474
3,99392,25363,479
3,99094,09865,590
3,98795,92367,800
3,98597,62770,114
3,98399,31772,550
3,980100,99975,138
3,977102,61877,792
3,973104,29980,534
3,968106,07683,368
3,963107,86886,229
3,957109,49389,193
3,951111,09492,209
3,944112,84395,232
3,937114,63698,320
3,929117,026101,499
3,921119,473104,767
3,876121,234108,171

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.

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.