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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesSt. Lucia
51,18179,346152
52,78281,131153
54,45383,023154
56,17084,876155
57,86086,697156
59,59988,568157
61,47490,418157
63,47992,253158
65,59094,098159
67,80095,923160
70,11497,627160
72,55099,317161
75,138100,999162
77,792102,618162
80,534104,299163
83,368106,076163
86,229107,868164
89,193109,493164
92,209111,094165
95,232112,843166
98,320114,636166
101,499117,026167
104,767119,473167
108,171121,234167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.