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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 - KinshasaSudanPhilippines
51,18126,16879,346
52,78226,77181,131
54,45327,38783,023
56,17028,01784,876
57,86028,66286,697
59,59929,32188,568
61,47429,99690,418
63,47930,68692,253
65,59031,39394,098
67,80032,13795,923
70,11433,07897,627
72,55033,89199,317
75,13834,568100,999
77,79235,293102,618
80,53436,093104,299
83,36837,058106,076
86,22938,165107,868
89,19339,294109,493
92,20940,512111,094
95,23241,764112,843
98,32042,952114,636
101,49944,121117,026
104,76745,290119,473
108,17146,498121,234

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