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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 - KinshasaMoldovaPhilippines
51,1814,24479,346
52,7824,19981,131
54,4534,15483,023
56,1704,10884,876
57,8604,05986,697
59,5994,01388,568
61,4743,96690,418
63,4793,91992,253
65,5903,87394,098
67,8003,82995,923
70,1143,78897,627
72,5503,74899,317
75,1383,709100,999
77,7923,671102,618
80,5343,633104,299
83,3683,595106,076
86,2293,558107,868
89,1933,522109,493
92,2093,485111,094
95,2323,448112,843
98,3203,412114,636
101,4993,376117,026
104,7673,339119,473
108,1713,570121,234

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.