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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 - KinshasaBelarusPhilippines
51,18110,06479,346
52,78210,03481,131
54,45310,00083,023
56,1709,95584,876
57,8609,90586,697
59,5999,85688,568
61,4749,80790,418
63,4799,76492,253
65,5909,73494,098
67,8009,71395,923
70,1149,69797,627
72,5509,68199,317
75,1389,662100,999
77,7929,643102,618
80,5349,624104,299
83,3689,605106,076
86,2299,585107,868
89,1939,564109,493
92,2099,542111,094
95,2329,519112,843
98,3209,495114,636
101,4999,469117,026
104,7679,442119,473
108,1719,400121,234

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, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.