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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	79,346	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,131	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	83,023	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	84,876	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	86,697	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	88,568	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	90,418	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	92,253	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	94,098	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	95,923	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	97,627	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	99,317	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	100,999	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	102,618	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	104,299	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	106,076	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	107,868	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	109,493	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	111,094	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	112,843	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	114,636	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	117,026	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	119,473	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	121,234	31,845

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