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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesCuba
51,18179,34611,108
52,78281,13111,147
54,45383,02311,179
56,17084,87611,210
57,86086,69711,241
59,59988,56811,260
61,47490,41811,268
63,47992,25311,266
65,59094,09811,261
67,80095,92311,258
70,11497,62711,260
72,55099,31711,262
75,138100,99911,264
77,792102,61811,262
80,534104,29911,250
83,368106,07611,238
86,229107,86811,214
89,193109,49311,180
92,209111,09411,147
95,232112,84311,116
98,320114,63611,105
101,499117,02611,089
104,767119,47311,046
108,171121,23411,003

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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