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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 HaitiPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
8,12179,34651,181
8,27981,13152,782
8,43083,02354,453
8,58084,87656,170
8,73986,69757,860
8,90088,56859,599
9,06190,41861,474
9,21692,25363,479
9,36494,09865,590
9,50895,92367,800
9,65297,62770,114
9,55399,31772,550
9,670100,99975,138
9,793102,61877,792
9,922104,29980,534
10,047106,07683,368
10,254107,86886,229
10,486109,49389,193
10,647111,09492,209
10,788112,84395,232
10,933114,63698,320
11,077117,026101,499
11,215119,473104,767
11,349121,234108,171

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