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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Philippines	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	79,346	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	81,131	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	83,023	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	84,876	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	86,697	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	88,568	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	90,418	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	92,253	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	94,098	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	95,923	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	97,627	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	99,317	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	100,999	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	102,618	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	104,299	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	106,076	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	107,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	109,493	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	111,094	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	112,843	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	114,636	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	117,026	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	119,473	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	121,234	108,171

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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.