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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 - KinshasaKenyaPhilippines
51,18130,19279,346
52,78231,02581,131
54,45331,91983,023
56,17032,86584,876
57,86033,84686,697
59,59934,88088,568
61,47435,96190,418
63,47937,09392,253
65,59038,24894,098
67,80039,44195,923
70,11440,66897,627
72,55041,90099,317
75,13843,198100,999
77,79244,470102,618
80,53445,639104,299
83,36846,808106,076
86,22947,983107,868
89,19349,095109,493
92,20950,201111,094
95,23251,357112,843
98,32052,522114,636
101,49953,691117,026
104,76754,867119,473
108,17155,924121,234

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

Kenya

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.