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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	79,346	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,131	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	83,023	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	84,876	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	86,697	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	88,568	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	90,418	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	92,253	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	94,098	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	95,923	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	97,627	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	99,317	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	100,999	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	102,618	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	104,299	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	106,076	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	107,868	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	109,493	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	111,094	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	112,843	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	114,636	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	117,026	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	119,473	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	121,234	21,889

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.

All data sources

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.