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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 Congo - KinshasaBangladeshPhilippines
51,181132,90779,346
52,782135,20781,131
54,453137,42083,023
56,170139,57384,876
57,860141,65086,697
59,599143,64488,568
61,474145,54690,418
63,479147,37692,253
65,590149,04794,098
67,800150,56295,923
70,114152,18997,627
72,550153,92799,317
75,138155,634100,999
77,792157,326102,618
80,534158,999104,299
83,368160,650106,076
86,229162,273107,868
89,193163,938109,493
92,209165,655111,094
95,232167,358112,843
98,320169,045114,636
101,499170,709117,026
104,767172,354119,473
108,171174,217121,234

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.