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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesParaguay
51,18179,3465,366
52,78281,1315,473
54,45383,0235,579
56,17084,8765,683
57,86086,6975,786
59,59988,5685,886
61,47490,4185,984
63,47992,2536,080
65,59094,0986,173
67,80095,9236,264
70,11497,6276,352
72,55099,3176,438
75,138100,9996,522
77,792102,6186,605
80,534104,2996,688
83,368106,0766,769
86,229107,8686,850
89,193109,4936,930
92,209111,0947,012
95,232112,8437,095
98,320114,6367,179
101,499117,0267,263
104,767119,4737,348
108,171121,2347,432

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