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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 - KinshasaPhilippinesYemen
51,18179,34616,728
52,78281,13117,236
54,45383,02317,762
56,17084,87618,310
57,86086,69718,855
59,59988,56819,410
61,47490,41820,000
63,47992,25320,611
65,59094,09821,236
67,80095,92321,878
70,11497,62722,533
72,55099,31723,195
75,138100,99923,880
77,792102,61824,594
80,534104,29925,311
83,368106,07626,020
86,229107,86826,698
89,193109,49327,347
92,209111,09427,985
95,232112,84328,608
98,320114,63629,216
101,499117,02629,811
104,767119,47330,399
108,171121,23431,058

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