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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 North MacedoniaCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
2,00651,18179,346
2,01752,78281,131
2,02654,45383,023
2,01156,17084,876
2,01857,86086,697
2,02459,59988,568
2,02861,47490,418
2,03163,47992,253
2,03565,59094,098
2,03867,80095,923
2,04270,11497,627
2,04672,55099,317
2,04975,138100,999
2,05277,792102,618
2,05580,534104,299
2,05883,368106,076
2,06186,229107,868
2,06389,193109,493
2,06592,209111,094
2,06795,232112,843
2,06898,320114,636
2,065101,499117,026
2,057104,767119,473
2,048108,171121,234

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.