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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesSudan
51,18179,34626,168
52,78281,13126,771
54,45383,02327,387
56,17084,87628,017
57,86086,69728,662
59,59988,56829,321
61,47490,41829,996
63,47992,25330,686
65,59094,09831,393
67,80095,92332,137
70,11497,62733,078
72,55099,31733,891
75,138100,99934,568
77,792102,61835,293
80,534104,29936,093
83,368106,07637,058
86,229107,86838,165
89,193109,49339,294
92,209111,09440,512
95,232112,84341,764
98,320114,63642,952
101,499117,02644,121
104,767119,47345,290
108,171121,23446,498

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