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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lebanon	Philippines	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,460	79,346	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,499	81,131	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,554	83,023	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,610	84,876	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,665	86,697	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,721	88,568	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,777	90,418	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,853	92,253	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,954	94,098	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,036	95,923	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,082	97,627	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,097	99,317	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,115	100,999	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,206	102,618	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,696	104,299	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,365	106,076	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,640	107,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,688	109,493	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,680	111,094	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,562	112,843	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,331	114,636	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	4,986	117,026	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	4,802	119,473	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	4,713	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

Lebanon

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.