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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	Philippines	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	79,346	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	81,131	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	83,023	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	84,876	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	86,697	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	88,568	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	90,418	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	92,253	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	94,098	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	95,923	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	97,627	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	99,317	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	100,999	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	102,618	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	104,299	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	106,076	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	107,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	109,493	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	111,094	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	112,843	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	114,636	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	117,026	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	119,473	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	121,234	108,171

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

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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.