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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 - KinshasaChad
79,34651,1817,559
81,13152,7827,821
83,02354,4538,092
84,87656,1708,395
86,69757,8608,763
88,56859,5999,191
90,41861,4749,594
92,25363,4799,967
94,09865,59010,338
95,92367,80010,728
97,62770,11411,139
99,31772,55011,550
100,99975,13811,983
102,61877,79212,427
104,29980,53412,895
106,07683,36813,379
107,86886,22913,823
109,49389,19314,277
111,09492,20914,765
112,84395,23215,252
114,63698,32015,750
117,026101,49916,257
119,473104,76716,776
121,234108,17117,307

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