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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 - KinshasaNorwayPhilippines
51,1814,46379,346
52,7824,49281,131
54,4534,51583,023
56,1704,53984,876
57,8604,56686,697
59,5994,59388,568
61,4744,62490,418
63,4794,66292,253
65,5904,71094,098
67,8004,76995,923
70,1144,83097,627
72,5504,89099,317
75,1384,954100,999
77,7925,020102,618
80,5345,081104,299
83,3685,138106,076
86,2295,191107,868
89,1935,237109,493
92,2095,278111,094
95,2325,313112,843
98,3205,349114,636
101,4995,380117,026
104,7675,409119,473
108,1715,458121,234

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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.