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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Philippines	Congo - Kinshasa	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	51,181	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	52,782	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	54,453	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	56,170	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	57,860	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	59,599	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	61,474	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	63,479	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	65,590	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	67,800	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	70,114	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	72,550	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	75,138	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	77,792	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	80,534	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	83,368	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	86,229	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	89,193	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	92,209	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	95,232	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	98,320	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	101,499	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	104,767	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	108,171	2,059

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