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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesFinland
51,18179,3465,166
52,78281,1315,176
54,45383,0235,188
56,17084,8765,201
57,86086,6975,213
59,59988,5685,228
61,47490,4185,246
63,47992,2535,266
65,59094,0985,289
67,80095,9235,313
70,11497,6275,339
72,55099,3175,363
75,138100,9995,388
77,792102,6185,414
80,534104,2995,439
83,368106,0765,463
86,229107,8685,481
89,193109,4935,495
92,209111,0945,508
95,232112,8435,516
98,320114,6365,522
101,499117,0265,531
104,767119,4735,542
108,171121,2345,556

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.

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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