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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesThailand
51,18179,34659,748
52,78281,13160,165
54,45383,02360,746
56,17084,87661,323
57,86086,69761,884
59,59988,56862,425
61,47490,41862,956
63,47992,25363,467
65,59094,09863,937
67,80095,92364,381
70,11497,62764,804
72,55099,31765,208
75,138100,99965,599
77,792102,61865,970
80,534104,29966,332
83,368106,07666,673
86,229107,86866,975
89,193109,49367,250
92,209111,09467,506
95,232112,84367,750
98,320114,63667,975
101,499117,02668,180
104,767119,47368,366
108,171121,23468,457

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.

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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