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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesCyprus
51,18179,346818
52,78281,131826
54,45383,023835
56,17084,876845
57,86086,697855
59,59988,568867
61,47490,418879
63,47992,253894
65,59094,098913
67,80095,923937
70,11497,627962
72,55099,317988
75,138100,9991,013
77,792102,6181,029
80,534104,2991,026
83,368106,0761,015
86,229107,8681,009
89,193109,4931,014
92,209111,0941,023
95,232112,8431,036
98,320114,6361,050
101,499117,0261,062
104,767119,4731,072
108,171121,2341,087

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