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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	108,171	121,234

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.