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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	United States	Philippines	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	79,346	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	81,131	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	83,023	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	84,876	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	86,697	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	88,568	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	90,418	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	92,253	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	94,098	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	95,923	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	97,627	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	99,317	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	100,999	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	102,618	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	104,299	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	106,076	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	107,868	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	109,493	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	111,094	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	112,843	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	114,636	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	117,026	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	119,473	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	121,234	5,216

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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.