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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 - KinshasaCubaPhilippines
51,18111,10879,346
52,78211,14781,131
54,45311,17983,023
56,17011,21084,876
57,86011,24186,697
59,59911,26088,568
61,47411,26890,418
63,47911,26692,253
65,59011,26194,098
67,80011,25895,923
70,11411,26097,627
72,55011,26299,317
75,13811,264100,999
77,79211,262102,618
80,53411,250104,299
83,36811,238106,076
86,22911,214107,868
89,19311,180109,493
92,20911,147111,094
95,23211,116112,843
98,32011,105114,636
101,49911,089117,026
104,76711,046119,473
108,17111,003121,234

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

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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.