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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 PhilippinesEthiopiaCongo - Kinshasa
79,34663,57551,181
81,13165,21352,782
83,02366,88954,453
84,87668,64956,170
86,69770,49157,860
88,56872,38959,599
90,41874,32761,474
92,25376,32663,479
94,09878,41165,590
95,92380,56467,800
97,62782,78770,114
99,31785,09672,550
100,99987,53075,138
102,61890,06677,792
104,29992,63280,534
106,07695,33783,368
107,86898,11486,229
109,493100,85889,193
111,094103,65492,209
112,843106,46695,232
114,636109,26798,320
117,026112,100101,499
119,473114,964104,767
121,234117,924108,171

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.

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