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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 - KinshasaRomaniaPhilippines
51,18122,41479,346
52,78222,26281,131
54,45322,10683,023
56,17021,93184,876
57,86021,82886,697
59,59921,70488,568
61,47421,57190,418
63,47921,44392,253
65,59021,12994,098
67,80020,77995,923
70,11420,60797,627
72,55020,48599,317
75,13820,385100,999
77,79220,296102,618
80,53420,224104,299
83,36820,151106,076
86,22920,055107,868
89,19319,938109,493
92,20919,823111,094
95,23219,713112,843
98,32019,622114,636
101,49919,496117,026
104,76719,351119,473
108,17119,266121,234

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

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.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.