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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 - KinshasaParaguay
79,34651,1815,366
81,13152,7825,473
83,02354,4535,579
84,87656,1705,683
86,69757,8605,786
88,56859,5995,886
90,41861,4745,984
92,25363,4796,080
94,09865,5906,173
95,92367,8006,264
97,62770,1146,352
99,31772,5506,438
100,99975,1386,522
102,61877,7926,605
104,29980,5346,688
106,07683,3686,769
107,86886,2296,850
109,49389,1936,930
111,09492,2097,012
112,84395,2327,095
114,63698,3207,179
117,026101,4997,263
119,473104,7677,348
121,234108,1717,432

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