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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CubaCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
11,10851,18179,346
11,14752,78281,131
11,17954,45383,023
11,21056,17084,876
11,24157,86086,697
11,26059,59988,568
11,26861,47490,418
11,26663,47992,253
11,26165,59094,098
11,25867,80095,923
11,26070,11497,627
11,26272,55099,317
11,26475,138100,999
11,26277,792102,618
11,25080,534104,299
11,23883,368106,076
11,21486,229107,868
11,18089,193109,493
11,14792,209111,094
11,11695,232112,843
11,10598,320114,636
11,089101,499117,026
11,046104,767119,473
11,003108,171121,234

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

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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; the database as a whole is cited above.