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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesSwitzerland
51,18179,3467,258
52,78281,1317,296
54,45383,0237,332
56,17084,8767,384
57,86086,6977,438
59,59988,5687,488
61,47490,4187,532
63,47992,2537,579
65,59094,0987,647
67,80095,9237,738
70,11497,6277,825
72,55099,3177,884
75,138100,9997,959
77,792102,6188,044
80,534104,2998,137
83,368106,0768,237
86,229107,8688,332
89,193109,4938,423
92,209111,0948,502
95,232112,8438,565
98,320114,6368,626
101,499117,0268,689
104,767119,4738,756
108,171121,2348,834

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.

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.