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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	108,171	121,234

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