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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 - KinshasaMyanmar (Burma)Philippines
51,18145,01879,346
52,78245,61681,131
54,45346,17183,023
56,17046,69084,876
57,86047,20186,697
59,59947,69988,568
61,47448,19690,418
63,47948,67492,253
65,59049,15194,098
67,80049,50595,923
70,11449,89697,627
72,55050,28599,317
75,13850,813100,999
77,79251,369102,618
80,53451,878104,299
83,36852,374106,076
86,22952,900107,868
89,19353,416109,493
92,20953,914111,094
95,23254,403112,843
98,32054,884114,636
101,49955,355117,026
104,76755,815119,473
108,17156,210121,234

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

Myanmar (Burma)

  • 1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
  • 1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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.