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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 - KinshasaNepal
79,34651,18123,087
81,13152,78223,487
83,02354,45323,887
84,87656,17024,273
86,69757,86024,645
88,56859,59924,989
90,41861,47425,255
92,25363,47925,484
94,09865,59025,732
95,92367,80025,998
97,62770,11426,298
99,31772,55026,664
100,99975,13827,081
102,61877,79227,505
104,29980,53427,917
106,07683,36828,311
107,86886,22928,678
109,49389,19329,034
111,09492,20929,384
112,84395,23229,718
114,63698,32030,057
117,026101,49930,595
119,473104,76731,311
121,234108,17131,845

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