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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 PhilippinesBelarusCongo - Kinshasa
79,34610,06451,181
81,13110,03452,782
83,02310,00054,453
84,8769,95556,170
86,6979,90557,860
88,5689,85659,599
90,4189,80761,474
92,2539,76463,479
94,0989,73465,590
95,9239,71367,800
97,6279,69770,114
99,3179,68172,550
100,9999,66275,138
102,6189,64377,792
104,2999,62480,534
106,0769,60583,368
107,8689,58586,229
109,4939,56489,193
111,0949,54292,209
112,8439,51995,232
114,6369,49598,320
117,0269,469101,499
119,4739,442104,767
121,2349,400108,171

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

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