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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesRomania
51,18179,34622,414
52,78281,13122,262
54,45383,02322,106
56,17084,87621,931
57,86086,69721,828
59,59988,56821,704
61,47490,41821,571
63,47992,25321,443
65,59094,09821,129
67,80095,92320,779
70,11497,62720,607
72,55099,31720,485
75,138100,99920,385
77,792102,61820,296
80,534104,29920,224
83,368106,07620,151
86,229107,86820,055
89,193109,49319,938
92,209111,09419,823
95,232112,84319,713
98,320114,63619,622
101,499117,02619,496
104,767119,47319,351
108,171121,23419,266

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.