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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 - KinshasaIsraelPhilippines
51,1815,92779,346
52,7826,08881,131
54,4536,23683,023
56,1706,36684,876
57,8606,48486,697
59,5996,60388,568
61,4746,72390,418
63,4796,84692,253
65,5906,97294,098
67,8007,10095,923
70,1147,22697,627
72,5507,36099,317
75,1387,498100,999
77,7927,637102,618
80,5347,781104,299
83,3687,931106,076
86,2298,091107,868
89,1938,251109,493
92,2098,412111,094
95,2328,576112,843
98,3208,742114,636
101,4998,899117,026
104,7679,047119,473
108,1719,188121,234

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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.