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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 - KinshasaGuinea
79,34651,1817,610
81,13152,7827,780
83,02354,4537,821
84,87656,1707,906
86,69757,8608,121
88,56859,5998,317
90,41861,4748,478
92,25363,4798,650
94,09865,5908,860
95,92367,8009,091
97,62770,1149,327
99,31772,5509,571
100,99975,1389,825
102,61877,79210,084
104,29980,53410,351
106,07683,36810,632
107,86886,22910,924
109,49389,19311,225
111,09492,20911,534
112,84395,23211,855
114,63698,32012,160
117,026101,49912,469
119,473104,76712,778
121,234108,17113,087

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