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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 PhilippinesHong Kong SAR ChinaCongo - Kinshasa
79,3466,58751,181
81,1316,64652,782
83,0236,69554,453
84,8766,72556,170
86,6976,71257,860
88,5686,76559,599
90,4186,79461,474
92,2536,83863,479
94,0986,89765,590
95,9236,93867,800
97,6276,95370,114
99,3177,00472,550
100,9997,05275,138
102,6187,13077,792
104,2997,15980,534
106,0767,20983,368
107,8687,27186,229
109,4937,31689,193
111,0947,37292,209
112,8437,43295,232
114,6367,48798,320
117,0267,460101,499
119,4737,392104,767
121,2347,387108,171

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 Hong Kong SAR China, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.