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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 - KinshasaBurkina FasoPhilippines
51,18111,07579,346
52,78211,40581,131
54,45311,82883,023
56,17012,38084,876
57,86012,82986,697
59,59913,17888,568
61,47413,54090,418
63,47913,91792,253
65,59014,30994,098
67,80014,72295,923
70,11415,15297,627
72,55015,60099,317
75,13816,064100,999
77,79216,563102,618
80,53417,072104,299
83,36817,575106,076
86,22918,094107,868
89,19318,621109,493
92,20919,157111,094
95,23219,698112,843
98,32020,242114,636
101,49920,788117,026
104,76721,336119,473
108,17121,889121,234

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