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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 Côte d’IvoireCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
17,10651,18179,346
17,55252,78281,131
18,01054,45383,023
18,43856,17084,876
18,89557,86086,697
19,43259,59988,568
19,96861,47490,418
20,51263,47992,253
21,09765,59094,098
21,69967,80095,923
22,28570,11497,627
22,84572,55099,317
23,34375,138100,999
23,87977,792102,618
24,49280,534104,299
25,10483,368106,076
25,71986,229107,868
26,34889,193109,493
26,98492,209111,094
27,61495,232112,843
28,25298,320114,636
28,895101,499117,026
29,546104,767119,473
30,279108,171121,234

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 Côte d’Ivoire, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.