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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesBelarus
51,18179,34610,064
52,78281,13110,034
54,45383,02310,000
56,17084,8769,955
57,86086,6979,905
59,59988,5689,856
61,47490,4189,807
63,47992,2539,764
65,59094,0989,734
67,80095,9239,713
70,11497,6279,697
72,55099,3179,681
75,138100,9999,662
77,792102,6189,643
80,534104,2999,624
83,368106,0769,605
86,229107,8689,585
89,193109,4939,564
92,209111,0949,542
95,232112,8439,519
98,320114,6369,495
101,499117,0269,469
104,767119,4739,442
108,171121,2349,400

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