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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 - KinshasaBangladesh
79,34651,181132,907
81,13152,782135,207
83,02354,453137,420
84,87656,170139,573
86,69757,860141,650
88,56859,599143,644
90,41861,474145,546
92,25363,479147,376
94,09865,590149,047
95,92367,800150,562
97,62770,114152,189
99,31772,550153,927
100,99975,138155,634
102,61877,792157,326
104,29980,534158,999
106,07683,368160,650
107,86886,229162,273
109,49389,193163,938
111,09492,209165,655
112,84395,232167,358
114,63698,320169,045
117,026101,499170,709
119,473104,767172,354
121,234108,171174,217

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.