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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 - KinshasaSt. LuciaPhilippines
51,18115279,346
52,78215381,131
54,45315483,023
56,17015584,876
57,86015686,697
59,59915788,568
61,47415790,418
63,47915892,253
65,59015994,098
67,80016095,923
70,11416097,627
72,55016199,317
75,138162100,999
77,792162102,618
80,534163104,299
83,368163106,076
86,229164107,868
89,193164109,493
92,209165111,094
95,232166112,843
98,320166114,636
101,499167117,026
104,767167119,473
108,171167121,234

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.