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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 EstoniaPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
1,37879,34651,181
1,40081,13152,782
1,39183,02354,453
1,38284,87656,170
1,37486,69757,860
1,36588,56859,599
1,35790,41861,474
1,34992,25363,479
1,34194,09865,590
1,33795,92367,800
1,33497,62770,114
1,33299,31772,550
1,328100,99975,138
1,324102,61877,792
1,319104,29980,534
1,314106,07683,368
1,312107,86886,229
1,314109,49389,193
1,314111,09492,209
1,318112,84395,232
1,323114,63698,320
1,327117,026101,499
1,329119,473104,767
1,330121,234108,171

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