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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 HaitiCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
8,12151,18179,346
8,27952,78281,131
8,43054,45383,023
8,58056,17084,876
8,73957,86086,697
8,90059,59988,568
9,06161,47490,418
9,21663,47992,253
9,36465,59094,098
9,50867,80095,923
9,65270,11497,627
9,55372,55099,317
9,67075,138100,999
9,79377,792102,618
9,92280,534104,299
10,04783,368106,076
10,25486,229107,868
10,48689,193109,493
10,64792,209111,094
10,78895,232112,843
10,93398,320114,636
11,077101,499117,026
11,215104,767119,473
11,349108,171121,234

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