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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 - KinshasaTanzania
79,34651,18132,912
81,13152,78233,953
83,02354,45334,974
84,87656,17036,021
86,69757,86037,100
88,56859,59938,167
90,41861,47439,262
92,25363,47940,387
94,09865,59041,557
95,92367,80042,741
97,62770,11443,889
99,31772,55045,132
100,99975,13846,531
102,61877,79247,965
104,29980,53449,437
106,07683,36850,965
107,86886,22952,604
109,49389,19354,336
111,09492,20956,062
112,84395,23257,765
114,63698,32059,465
117,026101,49961,191
119,473104,76762,944
121,234108,17164,835

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