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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 - KinshasaTanzaniaPhilippines
51,18132,91279,346
52,78233,95381,131
54,45334,97483,023
56,17036,02184,876
57,86037,10086,697
59,59938,16788,568
61,47439,26290,418
63,47940,38792,253
65,59041,55794,098
67,80042,74195,923
70,11443,88997,627
72,55045,13299,317
75,13846,531100,999
77,79247,965102,618
80,53449,437104,299
83,36850,965106,076
86,22952,604107,868
89,19354,336109,493
92,20956,062111,094
95,23257,765112,843
98,32059,465114,636
101,49961,191117,026
104,76762,944119,473
108,17164,835121,234

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