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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date NigerCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
10,42451,18179,346
10,78552,78281,131
11,17054,45383,023
11,58056,17084,876
12,01557,86086,697
12,47259,59988,568
12,95461,47490,418
13,45963,47992,253
13,98665,59094,098
14,53267,80095,923
15,09270,11497,627
15,66972,55099,317
16,26375,138100,999
16,90377,792102,618
17,56980,534104,299
18,24283,368106,076
18,95786,229107,868
19,70889,193109,493
20,46292,209111,094
21,22895,232112,843
22,02398,320114,636
22,842101,499117,026
23,691104,767119,473
24,587108,171121,234

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

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