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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 - KinshasaNiger
79,34651,18110,424
81,13152,78210,785
83,02354,45311,170
84,87656,17011,580
86,69757,86012,015
88,56859,59912,472
90,41861,47412,954
92,25363,47913,459
94,09865,59013,986
95,92367,80014,532
97,62770,11415,092
99,31772,55015,669
100,99975,13816,263
102,61877,79216,903
104,29980,53417,569
106,07683,36818,242
107,86886,22918,957
109,49389,19319,708
111,09492,20920,462
112,84395,23221,228
114,63698,32022,023
117,026101,49922,842
119,473104,76723,691
121,234108,17124,587

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