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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 PhilippinesCongo - KinshasaBarbados
79,34651,181273
81,13152,782274
83,02354,453275
84,87656,170276
86,69757,860278
88,56859,599279
90,41861,474280
92,25363,479281
94,09865,590282
95,92367,800283
97,62770,114285
99,31772,550286
100,99975,138287
102,61877,792288
104,29980,534289
106,07683,368290
107,86886,229291
109,49389,193291
111,09492,209292
112,84395,232293
114,63698,320294
117,026101,499294
119,473104,767295
121,234108,171295

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