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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	79,346	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,131	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	83,023	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	84,876	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	86,697	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	88,568	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	90,418	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	92,253	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	94,098	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	95,923	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	97,627	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	99,317	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	100,999	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	102,618	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	104,299	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	106,076	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	107,868	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	109,493	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	111,094	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	112,843	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	114,636	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	117,026	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	119,473	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	121,234	3,228

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.

All data sources

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.