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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 EstoniaCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
1,37851,18179,346
1,40052,78281,131
1,39154,45383,023
1,38256,17084,876
1,37457,86086,697
1,36559,59988,568
1,35761,47490,418
1,34963,47992,253
1,34165,59094,098
1,33767,80095,923
1,33470,11497,627
1,33272,55099,317
1,32875,138100,999
1,32477,792102,618
1,31980,534104,299
1,31483,368106,076
1,31286,229107,868
1,31489,193109,493
1,31492,209111,094
1,31895,232112,843
1,32398,320114,636
1,327101,499117,026
1,329104,767119,473
1,330108,171121,234

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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.