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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 - KinshasaBelarus
79,34651,18110,064
81,13152,78210,034
83,02354,45310,000
84,87656,1709,955
86,69757,8609,905
88,56859,5999,856
90,41861,4749,807
92,25363,4799,764
94,09865,5909,734
95,92367,8009,713
97,62770,1149,697
99,31772,5509,681
100,99975,1389,662
102,61877,7929,643
104,29980,5349,624
106,07683,3689,605
107,86886,2299,585
109,49389,1939,564
111,09492,2099,542
112,84395,2329,519
114,63698,3209,495
117,026101,4999,469
119,473104,7679,442
121,234108,1719,400

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