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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesLatvia
51,18179,3462,386
52,78281,1312,363
54,45383,0232,333
56,17084,8762,306
57,86086,6972,284
59,59988,5682,259
61,47490,4182,235
63,47992,2532,215
65,59094,0982,197
67,80095,9232,174
70,11497,6272,138
72,55099,3172,093
75,138100,9992,055
77,792102,6182,030
80,534104,2992,009
83,368106,0761,991
86,229107,8681,974
89,193109,4931,956
92,209111,0941,938
95,232112,8431,923
98,320114,6361,910
101,499117,0261,897
104,767119,4731,880
108,171121,2341,883

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