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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 - KinshasaGermanyPhilippines
51,18181,43979,346
52,78281,47481,131
54,45381,53483,023
56,17081,59584,876
57,86081,56686,697
59,59981,47388,568
61,47481,35490,418
63,47981,19092,253
65,59081,00994,098
67,80080,78195,923
70,11480,50097,627
72,55080,30199,317
75,13880,292100,999
77,79280,443102,618
80,53480,663104,299
83,36881,000106,076
86,22981,704107,868
89,19382,366109,493
92,20982,674111,094
95,23282,923112,843
98,32083,110114,636
101,49983,178117,026
104,76783,213119,473
108,17183,811121,234

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

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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.