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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 - KinshasaMyanmar (Burma)
79,34651,18145,018
81,13152,78245,616
83,02354,45346,171
84,87656,17046,690
86,69757,86047,201
88,56859,59947,699
90,41861,47448,196
92,25363,47948,674
94,09865,59049,151
95,92367,80049,505
97,62770,11449,896
99,31772,55050,285
100,99975,13850,813
102,61877,79251,369
104,29980,53451,878
106,07683,36852,374
107,86886,22952,900
109,49389,19353,416
111,09492,20953,914
112,84395,23254,403
114,63698,32054,884
117,026101,49955,355
119,473104,76755,815
121,234108,17156,210

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.

Myanmar (Burma)

  • 1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
  • 1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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