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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 - KinshasaParaguayPhilippines
51,1815,36679,346
52,7825,47381,131
54,4535,57983,023
56,1705,68384,876
57,8605,78686,697
59,5995,88688,568
61,4745,98490,418
63,4796,08092,253
65,5906,17394,098
67,8006,26495,923
70,1146,35297,627
72,5506,43899,317
75,1386,522100,999
77,7926,605102,618
80,5346,688104,299
83,3686,769106,076
86,2296,850107,868
89,1936,930109,493
92,2097,012111,094
95,2327,095112,843
98,3207,179114,636
101,4997,263117,026
104,7677,348119,473
108,1717,432121,234

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.