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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 - KinshasaCuba
79,34651,18111,108
81,13152,78211,147
83,02354,45311,179
84,87656,17011,210
86,69757,86011,241
88,56859,59911,260
90,41861,47411,268
92,25363,47911,266
94,09865,59011,261
95,92367,80011,258
97,62770,11411,260
99,31772,55011,262
100,99975,13811,264
102,61877,79211,262
104,29980,53411,250
106,07683,36811,238
107,86886,22911,214
109,49389,19311,180
111,09492,20911,147
112,84395,23211,116
114,63698,32011,105
117,026101,49911,089
119,473104,76711,046
121,234108,17111,003

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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