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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 PhilippinesSouth KoreaCongo - Kinshasa
79,34646,61751,181
81,13147,00852,782
83,02347,37054,453
84,87647,64556,170
86,69747,89257,860
88,56848,08359,599
90,41848,18561,474
92,25348,43863,479
94,09848,68465,590
95,92349,05567,800
97,62749,30870,114
99,31749,55472,550
100,99949,93775,138
102,61850,20077,792
104,29950,42980,534
106,07650,74783,368
107,86851,01586,229
109,49351,21889,193
111,09451,36292,209
112,84351,58595,232
114,63651,76598,320
117,02651,836101,499
119,47351,745104,767
121,23451,731108,171

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.

South Korea

  • 1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
  • 1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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