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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 - KinshasaCôte d’IvoirePhilippines
51,18117,10679,346
52,78217,55281,131
54,45318,01083,023
56,17018,43884,876
57,86018,89586,697
59,59919,43288,568
61,47419,96890,418
63,47920,51292,253
65,59021,09794,098
67,80021,69995,923
70,11422,28597,627
72,55022,84599,317
75,13823,343100,999
77,79223,879102,618
80,53424,492104,299
83,36825,104106,076
86,22925,719107,868
89,19326,348109,493
92,20926,984111,094
95,23227,614112,843
98,32028,252114,636
101,49928,895117,026
104,76729,546119,473
108,17130,279121,234

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.