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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 - KinshasaKenya
79,34651,18130,192
81,13152,78231,025
83,02354,45331,919
84,87656,17032,865
86,69757,86033,846
88,56859,59934,880
90,41861,47435,961
92,25363,47937,093
94,09865,59038,248
95,92367,80039,441
97,62770,11440,668
99,31772,55041,900
100,99975,13843,198
102,61877,79244,470
104,29980,53445,639
106,07683,36846,808
107,86886,22947,983
109,49389,19349,095
111,09492,20950,201
112,84395,23251,357
114,63698,32052,522
117,026101,49953,691
119,473104,76754,867
121,234108,17155,924

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.

Kenya

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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