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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 PhilippinesChileCongo - Kinshasa
79,34615,14051,181
81,13115,34052,782
83,02315,51354,453
84,87615,68656,170
86,69715,85957,860
88,56816,02959,599
90,41816,22261,474
92,25316,36463,479
94,09816,53665,590
95,92316,70067,800
97,62716,86470,114
99,31716,99972,550
100,99917,18975,138
102,61817,37877,792
104,29917,54580,534
106,07617,72083,368
107,86817,90486,229
109,49318,09989,193
111,09418,35092,209
112,84318,68195,232
114,63619,03598,320
117,02619,385101,499
119,47319,604104,767
121,23419,715108,171

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.