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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 IranCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
64,70451,18179,346
65,41152,78281,131
66,16754,45383,023
66,68956,17084,876
67,80757,86086,697
68,48059,59988,568
69,32561,47490,418
70,15863,47992,253
71,04065,59094,098
71,94267,80095,923
72,88870,11497,627
73,82672,55099,317
74,62575,138100,999
75,44677,792102,618
76,41880,534104,299
77,52183,368106,076
78,65286,229107,868
79,70089,193109,493
80,72592,209111,094
81,72195,232112,843
82,68598,320114,636
83,614101,499117,026
84,505104,767119,473
85,108108,171121,234

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

Iran

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.