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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 - KinshasaEswatini
79,34651,1811,033
81,13152,7821,032
83,02354,4531,030
84,87656,1701,028
86,69757,8601,026
88,56859,5991,025
90,41861,4741,023
92,25363,4791,021
94,09865,5901,019
95,92367,8001,017
97,62770,1141,017
99,31772,5501,019
100,99975,1381,024
102,61877,7921,032
104,29980,5341,041
106,07683,3681,051
107,86886,2291,060
109,49389,1931,069
111,09492,2091,078
112,84395,2321,087
114,63698,3201,096
117,026101,4991,106
119,473104,7671,117
121,234108,1711,126

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