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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesJordan
51,18179,3464,591
52,78281,1314,700
54,45383,0234,811
56,17084,8764,923
57,86086,6975,037
59,59988,5685,161
61,47490,4185,295
63,47992,2535,765
65,59094,0986,243
67,80095,9236,397
70,11497,6276,538
72,55099,3176,680
75,138100,9996,840
77,792102,6186,952
80,534104,2997,706
83,368106,0768,839
86,229107,8689,506
89,193109,4939,863
92,209111,09410,066
95,232112,84310,273
98,320114,63610,480
101,499117,02610,628
104,767119,47310,716
108,171121,23410,849

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.

Jordan

  • 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
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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