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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	79,346	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,131	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	83,023	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	84,876	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	86,697	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	88,568	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	90,418	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	92,253	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	94,098	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	95,923	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	97,627	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	99,317	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	100,999	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	102,618	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	104,299	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	106,076	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	107,868	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	109,493	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	111,094	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	112,843	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	114,636	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	117,026	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	119,473	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	121,234	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.