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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesEthiopia
51,18179,34663,575
52,78281,13165,213
54,45383,02366,889
56,17084,87668,649
57,86086,69770,491
59,59988,56872,389
61,47490,41874,327
63,47992,25376,326
65,59094,09878,411
67,80095,92380,564
70,11497,62782,787
72,55099,31785,096
75,138100,99987,530
77,792102,61890,066
80,534104,29992,632
83,368106,07695,337
86,229107,86898,114
89,193109,493100,858
92,209111,094103,654
95,232112,843106,466
98,320114,636109,267
101,499117,026112,100
104,767119,473114,964
108,171121,234117,924

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