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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 - KinshasaYemenPhilippines
51,18116,72879,346
52,78217,23681,131
54,45317,76283,023
56,17018,31084,876
57,86018,85586,697
59,59919,41088,568
61,47420,00090,418
63,47920,61192,253
65,59021,23694,098
67,80021,87895,923
70,11422,53397,627
72,55023,19599,317
75,13823,880100,999
77,79224,594102,618
80,53425,311104,299
83,36826,020106,076
86,22926,698107,868
89,19327,347109,493
92,20927,985111,094
95,23228,608112,843
98,32029,216114,636
101,49929,811117,026
104,76730,399119,473
108,17131,058121,234

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