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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 CroatiaPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
4,37779,34651,181
4,33481,13152,782
4,17183,02354,453
4,17684,87656,170
4,17686,69757,860
4,17988,56859,599
4,18290,41861,474
4,18392,25363,479
4,18394,09865,590
4,18195,92367,800
4,17797,62770,114
4,16799,31772,550
4,154100,99975,138
4,141102,61877,792
4,126104,29980,534
4,109106,07683,368
4,081107,86886,229
4,047109,49389,193
4,006111,09492,209
3,968112,84395,232
3,945114,63698,320
3,925117,026101,499
3,839119,473104,767
3,790121,234108,171

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

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.